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We proceed next to develop a mathematical model for the growth of a population in which newborn animals do not become fertile until a period of time has passed. This situation is rather realistic for many species, including humans. In return for the added realism of the model, certain complications will necessarily arise.
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Lee, R.D., “The Formal Dynamics of Controlled Populations and the Echo, the Boom and the Bust”, Demography, Volume 11, Number 4, pp. 563–585, November, 1974.
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Frauenthal, J.C. (1979). A Two Age Group Population Model. In: Introduction to Population Modeling. The Umap Expository Monograph Series. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7322-3_3
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