Age-specific growth, reproductive values, and intrinsic r

The age-specific growth function of an observed population and the reproductive value function based on the population's current vital rates determine the intrinsic rate of growth implied by those vital rates through the simple relationship given in equation (1). That equation establishes t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert Schoen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2011-06-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/33/