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A Theoretical Study of Population Regulation in Tribolium Confusum
Author(s) -
Taylor N. W.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1936337
Subject(s) - population , ecology , biology , population growth , demography , sociology
A deterministic mathematical model is constructed to describe the population growth in colonies of the grain beetle, Tribolium confusum, under laboratory conditions. It is shown how the eating of eggs by adults can account for the main features of the observed population growth, in particular the occurrence of a maximum in the adult numbers and the tendency then to reach a steady state.