title: Stochastic juvenile--adult models with application to a green tree frog population.
abstract: We derive several stochastic models from a deterministic population model that describes the dynamics of age-structured juveniles coupled with size-structured adults. Numerical simulation results of the stochastic models are compared with the solution of the deterministic model. These models are then used to understand the effect of demographic stochasticity on the dynamics of an urban green tree frog (Hyla cinerea) population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504-1010, USA. ackleh@louisiana.edu
authors.forename: Azmy S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ackleh
authors.forename: Keng
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Qihua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D008390:Markov Chains; D008954:Models, Biological; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011898:Ranidae / Q000254:growth & development*; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D013997:Time Factors; D014197:Trees