The "r" in r-selection refers to the intrinsic rate of this process.
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]