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A note on a population model for breeding colonies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

H. Kushner  and
E. T. Angelakos
H. Kushner
Affiliation:
Division of Biometrics and Computing, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
E. T. Angelakos
Affiliation:
Division of Biometrics and Computing, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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Abstract

A discrete-time population model is presented which is specific to the characteristics of a breeding colony. It is intended to be a rigorous yet an easily applied model. The model is based on a female-dominated demographic system with constraints on colony size. Fecundity and survival probabilities are incorporated into a net reproductive rate which is age-specific and time and population size invariant. The model is applied to solve an optimization problem for a breeding colony of African Green monkeys and to examine a set of external constraints imposed on the colony.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , June 1983 , pp. 489 - 492
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1983

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