Korosov A. On the contradiction between the statistical parameters of population dynamics // Principy èkologii. 2012. № 2. P. 54‒59. DOI: 10.15393/j1.art.2012.1141


Issue № 2

Methods of ecological investigations

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On the contradiction between the statistical parameters of population dynamics

Korosov
   Andrey
Petrozavodsk state university, Petrozavodsk, Lenina st., 33, korosov@psu.karelia.ru
Keywords:
simulation model
population dynamics
age structure
reproductive rates
multiannual averages
field vole
Summary: A model simulating the dynamics of the field vole (Microtus agrestis) numerosity during one year was built. The purpose of modeling was to reproduce the values of population characteristics, averaged over a long period of field observations. It was found that long-term average population characteristics can not be observed in any one year of simulated population life. A model population with an average long-term dynamics of age structure can not sustain long-term population dynamics. Long-term average values of population characteristics contradict each other, because they are obtained by averaging data for different phases of population dynamics and composition of the population.

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Reviewer: V. Menshutkin
Reviewer: A. V. Korosov
Received on: 29 June 2012
Published on: 09 July 2012

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