Abstract

Stage structured models, by grouping individuals with similar demographic characteristics together, have proven useful in describing population dynamics. To describe the heterogeneity in development, distributions for stage durations should be appropriately incorporated in model formulation. This talk starts by introducing two widely-used modeling frameworks, in the form of integral equations and age-structured partial differential equations, and their equivalent ordinary differential equation systems under further assumptions on the distributions. Further models and related mathematical analysis will be presented when seasonal development durations are considered.

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