Generalized Allee effect model

The Allee effect consists of a positive correlation between very small population size and fitness. Offering a new view point on the weak and strong demographic Allee effect, we propose to combine them with the Richards growth model. In particular, a peculiar manifestation of the Allee effect is ana...

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Published in:Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften 2014-06, Vol.133 (2), p.117-124
Main Authors: dos Santos, Lindomar S., Cabella, Brenno C. T., Martinez, Alexandre S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Animals
Bioinformatics
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Complex Systems
Computer Simulation
Evolutionary Biology
Genetic Fitness
Genetics, Population
Humans
Life Sciences
Mathematical and Computational Biology
Models, Genetic
Models, Theoretical
Original Paper
Philosophy of Biology
Population Growth
Survival Analysis
Theoretical Ecology/Statistics
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Summary:The Allee effect consists of a positive correlation between very small population size and fitness. Offering a new view point on the weak and strong demographic Allee effect, we propose to combine them with the Richards growth model. In particular, a peculiar manifestation of the Allee effect is analytically predicted and still not validated by experiments. Model validation with ecological data is presented for some special situations.
ISSN:1431-7613
1611-7530
DOI:10.1007/s12064-014-0199-6