A functionally diverse population growth model

The present work deals with a single species population growth model, exhibiting diverse functional modes. The model is based on the principle of limiting factors for population growth. This paradigm was adapted from the law of the minimum, and the law of the tolerance. In the framework presented he...

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Published in:Mathematical biosciences 2004, Vol.187 (1), p.21-51
Main Authors: Montiel-Arzate, Elia, Echavarrı́a-Heras, Hector, Leal-Ramı́rez, Cecilia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biodiversity
Competitive Behavior
Extreme value control
Functional heterogeneity
Limiting factors
Models, Biological
Population Growth
Population model
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Summary:The present work deals with a single species population growth model, exhibiting diverse functional modes. The model is based on the principle of limiting factors for population growth. This paradigm was adapted from the law of the minimum, and the law of the tolerance. In the framework presented here, rates of natality and mortality are controlled by extreme values of limiting factors. The formal expression of these ideas corresponds to what we call a functionally diverse model. This model permits the identification of thresholds of viability, starvation, intraspecific cooperation and competition. The performance of the model is evaluated using data for populations growing under experimental or natural conditions.
ISSN:0025-5564
1879-3134
DOI:10.1016/j.mbs.2003.08.009