Growth rate, population entropy, and perturbation theory

DOI10.1016/0025-5564(89)90021-7zbMath0661.92017OpenAlexW1979352303WikidataQ52536639 ScholiaQ52536639MaRDI QIDQ1113840

Lloyd A. Demetrius

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Mathematical Biosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002C-5CE1-9

zbMATH Keywords

perturbationsMalthusian parameternet reproduction ratepopulation entropyentropy functionsage-specific fecundity and mortalityenvironmental intensitygross reproduction ratemean life expectancymeasures of demographic heterogeneitymeasures of population growth rate

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Ecology (92D40)

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