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SUMMARY:Incorporating density-dependent population dynamics in plant demog
 raphic models
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20141215
DTSTAMP:20260407T002502Z
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DESCRIPTION:Reşit Akçakaya\nDavid Keith\nAccounting for density-dependen
 t population growth in demographic models increases biological realism and
  can greatly change model outcomes. Several generic models of growth are c
 ommonly implemented\, but these models may fail to account for some of the
  unique properties that govern plant population growth. For example\, due 
 to the sessile nature of plants\, competition for resources generally occu
 rs over a spatial scale much smaller than the area of the focal population
 \; thus spatial distribution at these small scales becomes an important fa
 ctor governing population dynamics. How can we best construct models to ac
 count for these interactions in demographic models where we are attempting
  to forecast population growth? How might individual-based models be imple
 mented to account for the effects related to the number and proximity of p
 lant neighbors? Are there effective approximations that can be implemented
  in population-based models such as matrix or scalar projections? 
LOCATION:BI A0 448 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==BI%20A0%20448
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