[loglesli.gif] Lecture 7. Model of Leslie

   Course: Quantitative Population Ecology
   Dept. of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

   ©[1]Alexei Sharov

   The model of Leslie is one of the most healivy used models in population ecology.
   This is a discrete-time model of an age-structured population which describes
   development, mortality, and reproduction of organisms. The model is formulated
   using [2]linear algebra. This model is mostly used to answer the following two
   questions:
    1. What is the rate of exponential growth (intrinsic rate of increase)?
    2. What is the proportion of each age class in the stable age distribution?

     * 7.1. [3]Model structure
     * 7.2. [4]Model behavior
     * 7.3. [5]Intrinsic rate of population increase
     * 7.4. [6]Stable age distribution
     * 7.5. [7]Modifications of the Leslie model

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   [11]Alexei Sharov 1/12/96

References

   1. http://alexei.nfshost.com/~sharov/alexei.html
   2. http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/linearAlgebra.html
   3. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec7/struct.html
   4. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec7/behavior.html
   5. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec7/rateincr.html
   6. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec7/agedist.html
   7. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec7/modif.html
   8. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec6/lifetab.html
   9. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/popecol.html
  10. http://alexei.nfshost.com/PopEcol/lec8/tempdev.html
  11. http://alexei.nfshost.com/~sharov/alexei.html