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Matrix models are widely used for demographic analysis of age and stage structured biological populations. Dynamic properties of the model can be summarized by the net reproductive rate R 0. In this paper, we introduce a new method to calculate and analyze the net reproductive rate directly from the life cycle graph of the matrix. We show, with examples, how our method of analysis of R 0 can be used in the design of strategies for controlling invasive species.
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de-Camino-Beck, T., Lewis, M.A. A New Method for Calculating Net Reproductive Rate from Graph Reduction with Applications to the Control of Invasive Species. Bull. Math. Biol. 69, 1341–1354 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-006-9162-0
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