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Predicting the Effectiveness of Population Replacement Strategy Using Mathematical Modeling
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Predicting the Effectiveness of Population Replacement Strategy Using Mathematical Modeling

Published on: July 4, 2007

A simplified model of spatiotemporal population dynamics

T Puu

    Environment & Planning A
    |September 1, 1985
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Carrying CapacityDemographic FactorsEconomic FactorsEnvironmentGeographic FactorsLogistic ModelMacroeconomic FactorsMathematical ModelMigrationModels, TheoreticalNatural ResourcesPopulationPopulation DynamicsPopulation GrowthPopulation PressureProductionResearch MethodologySpatial DistributionTechnologyTheoretical StudiesTransportation

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