On the reproductive value and the spectrum of a population projection matrix with implications for dynamic population models

Dalkhat M. Ediev

Theoretical Population Biology, 2010, vol. 78, issue 2, 67-70

Abstract: The eigenvalues of a population projection matrix–except for the Lotka coefficient–are uniquely determined by the reproductive values and the survival. This relation (proposed earlier, but not really well known in western literature) follows from another useful relation between fertility, reproductive values, survival, and Lotka’s coefficient. These results are applied to provide demographic interpretations to the intrinsically dynamic and metastable population models by Schoen and co-workers.

Keywords: Population projection matrix; Continuous models; Spectrum; Reproductive value; Ergodic property; Demographic potential; Intrinsically dynamic model; Metastable population model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.06.006

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