Nisbet, R.M. and Gurney, William and Murdoch, W.W. and McCauley, E. (1989) Structured population models : a tool for linking individual and population levels in ecology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 37 (1-2). pp. 79-99. ISSN 0024-4066
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We address the problem of relating information on the effects of a particular stress on individuals to possible effects at the population level. Structured population models aim to predict population dynamics from a careful specification of the dynamics of individuals; however, in spite of major mathematical advances, there are only a few cases where such models have made significant contributions to ecological understanding. This paper reports progress to date on a project in which we construct both individual and population models of Daphnia. We present a model of individual growth and development which has been tested against results from several laboratories on D. pulex. We propose a simple, stage-structured population model and give a preliminary report of some of its properties.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 41733 |
| Keywords: | Structured population model, population dynamics, Daphnia energy allocation, population cycles, Probabilities. Mathematical statistics |
| Subjects: | Science > Mathematics > Probabilities. Mathematical statistics |
| Department: | Faculty of Science > Mathematics and Statistics |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Oct 2012 09:59 |
| Last modified: | 26 Oct 2012 09:59 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/41733 |
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