Robert Schoen

http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol24/33/

doi:10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.33

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Abstract

The age-specific growth function of an observed population and the reproductive value function based on the population´s current vital rates determine the intrinsic rate of growth implied by those vital rates through the simple relationship given in equation (1). That equation establishes the analytical significance of age-specific growth, and leads to relationships that quantify a population´s approach to stability and that specify the extraordinarily close connection between reproductive values and population momentum.

Author's affiliation
Robert Schoen
Pennsylvania State University, United States of America

Keywords
age-specific growth, intrinsic r, population momentum, reproductive value, stable equivalent, stable population

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1122

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