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A population process with offspring distribution depending on both population size and generation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Pedro Saavedra Santana and
Miguel Sanchez Garcia
Pedro Saavedra Santana*
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
Miguel Sanchez Garcia*
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
*
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of La Laguna, La Laguna-Tenerife, Spain.
∗ Postal address: Department of Statistics, University of La Laguna, La Laguna-Tenerife, Spain.
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Abstract

A population process {Zn } is defined, with offspring distribution depending on both population size and generation number. As is well known, in models where the offspring distribution depends only on the size, under most conditions extinction surely results. The model we now introduce would mean that if history has an influence on evolution of the population, it is possible to obtain models for which a probability as high as desired exists that the population size balances between two given values.

Keywords

DESCENDANCYPOPULATION BALANCE

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Short Communications
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 1989, pp. 866 - 872
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1989 

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