Estimation and computation of the growth rate in Leslie's and Lotka's population models.
Leslie's or Lotka's population model has a rate of natural increase (lambda or r) which represents the growth rate of the population and characterizes the ability of the population to attain a stable age distribution. In this article are presented upper and lower bounds on that rate, primarily in terms of the net reproduction rate and other commonly used parameters of the population. Also a discussion is given of quadratically convergent numerical iterative methods of computing the growth rate.
D000367:Age Factors; D001723:Birth Rate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011158:Population Growth