title: A simplified model for age-dependent population dynamics.
abstract: The Gurtin-MacCamy model for age-dependent population dynamics is reduced to a single ordinary differential equation by assuming a certain form of the mortality function, which is justified by several biological examples. Some results about harvesting are obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Natal, Durban, Republic of South Africa.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Swart
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Meijer
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009026:Mortality; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011817:Rabbits