Occupancy time in sets of states for demographic models

Gregory Roth and Hal Caswell

Theoretical Population Biology, 2018, vol. 120, issue C, 62-77

Abstract: As an individual moves through its life cycle, it passes through a series of states (age classes, size classes, reproductive states, spatial locations, health statuses, etc.) before its eventual death. The occupancy time in a state is the time spent in that state over the individual’s life. Depending on the life cycle description, the occupancy times describe different demographic variables, for example, lifetime breeding success, lifetime habitat utilisation, or healthy longevity.

Keywords: Matrix population models; Absorbing Markov chains; Multistage models; Demography; Occupancy time; Longevity; Southern fulmar (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2017.12.007

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