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Exponential growth in age-structured two-sex populations.

M Martcheva1

  • 1Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1395, USA. mayam@magnus.poly.edu

Mathematical Biosciences
|April 9, 1999
PubMed
Summary

This study shows that a two-sex population model with a marriage function can support exponentially growing populations. This extends stable population theory to monogamous populations.

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Area of Science:

  • Mathematical biology
  • Demography
  • Population dynamics

Background:

  • Continuous age-structured two-sex population models are essential for understanding population dynamics.
  • Existing models often simplify interactions or focus on single-sex populations.
  • The Fredrickson-Hoppensteadt model provides a framework, but simpler cases are valuable for analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze a simplified continuous age-structured two-sex population model.
  • To investigate the role of the marriage function (non-linearity) in population growth.
  • To determine if the model supports persistent, growing solutions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a semilinear system of partial differential equations.
  • Incorporating nonlocal boundary conditions.
  • Analyzing the properties of a general marriage function, focusing on homogeneity.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated that the homogeneity property of the marriage function leads to exponentially growing persistent solutions.
  • The model supports solutions indicating population growth under specific non-linear conditions.
  • Established a connection between the model's behavior and demographic principles.

Conclusions:

  • The analyzed two-sex population model can exhibit exponential growth.
  • This model offers a potential extension of one-sex stable population theory to monogamous populations.
  • The marriage function's properties are crucial for determining population persistence and growth patterns.

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