The Modellers’ Halting Foray into Ecological Theory: Or, What is This Thing Called ‘Growth Rate’?

This discussion paper describes the attempt of an imagined group of non-ecologists (“Modellers”) to determine the population growth rate from field data. The Modellers wrestle with the multiple definitions of the growth rate available in the literature and the fact that, in their modelling, it appea...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Acta biotheoretica 2015-06, Vol.63 (2), p.99-111
Hauptverfasser:	Deveau, Michael, Karsten, Richard, Teismann, Holger
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Ecology Education Evolutionary Biology Mite Infestations - parasitology Mites - growth & development Models, Theoretical Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Population Growth Regular Article Trees - parasitology
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