The dominant eigenvalue of the Leslie matrix gives the rate of this process in agestructured systems.
The dominant eigenvalue of the Leslie matrix gives the rate of this process in agestructured systems. The discrete Beverton-Holt and Ricker equations describe this process in fisheries. The "r" in r-selection refers to the intrinsic rate of this process. Equations for this process are often derived by summing the influences of migration, (*) birth, and death between generations. According to the logistic Verhulst equation, densitydependence may cause this process to slow towards a carrying capacity. Otherwise, this process is often modeled as exponential. An sudden example of it is an algal bloom. For 10 points, name this process which causes a positive change in the number of organisms of a species in a given area.
The dominant eigenvalue of the Leslie matrix gives the rate of this process in agestructured systems.
population growth [or change in population size/density; or population dynamics; accept answers like population modeling; accept any other clear equivalents]