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Linear age-dependent population growth with harvesting

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This paper studies the effect of harvesting a fraction of a population where the population growth is modelled by a linear age-dependent model, the Von Foerster equation. Two harvesting strategies are considered: the first is where a fraction of the population greater than agec is removed, and the second is where a fraction of the population of age greater thanc but less thanc+n is removed. In the case where the death rate and fertility rate are time independent, the effect of harvesting on the stable age distribution is examined.

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  1. Mathematics Department, University of California, 90024, Los Angeles, USA

    David A. Sánchez

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Research done at the University of New Mexico and partially supported there by NIH Grant No. RR-08139.

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Sánchez, D.A. Linear age-dependent population growth with harvesting. Bltn Mathcal Biology 40, 377–385 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02461609

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