1. A Population Dynamics Model for Clethrionomys: Sexual Maturation, Spacing Behaviour and Dispersal
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Nils Chr. Stenseth, Søren Bondrup-Nielsen, Rolf Anker Ims, and Soren Bondrup-Nielsen
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education.field_of_study ,Social system ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Population ,Zoology ,Biological dispersal ,Sexual maturity ,Biology ,Reproduction ,education ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Independence ,media_common - Abstract
A mathematical model is developed and analyzed for studying the population dynamic consequences of the social system of Clethrionomys species. A patchy environment is assumed. The general version of the model incorporates density-dependent reproduction and survival; the specific version of the model for Clethrionomys assumes, in accordance with data, density independence in reproductive rate and survival of adults. Mature females are assumed to be territorial implying that maturation and dispersal of sexually immature females are regulated by the density of mature females.
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- 1988
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