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Population dynamics is the study of the relationship between the attributes of a population and the forces which affect those attributes. The attributes include variables such as the size of the population, its age structure, and its genetic composition. The forces which affect these variables include birth and death rates, behavioral interactions among individuals, environmental fluctuations, natural selection, and interactions with other species. The complexity of these relationships makes the study of populations a difficult and fascinating challenge.
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Costantino, R.F., Desharnais, R.A. (1991). Introduction. In: Population Dynamics and the Tribolium Model: Genetics and Demography. Monographs on Theoretical and Applied Genetics, vol 13. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3170-7_1
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