title: Estimation of the intrinsic rate of natural increase and its error by both algebraic and resampling approaches.
abstract: The intrinsic rate of natural increase or Malthusian parameter plays a key role fields as diverse as ecology, genetics, demography and evolution. It characterizes the growth of a population in a determinate environment. Since its rigorous statistical estimation requires of intensive calculation, the use of a computer becomes essential. The two main approaches to the calculation of the Malthusian parameter, its error and confidence intervals have been implemented in a program and have been compared by means of an example.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Fitopatología, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taberner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castañera
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Silvestre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dopazo
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011158:Population Growth; D012984:Software