background : the population of mosquitoes is mainly influenced by the biotic and abiotic factors. although aedes aegypti was reported until 1960’s in the punjab, pakistan, the population has increased dramatically since 2009 and caused severe epidemics in 2011 due to heavy floods and rains. thus, this study was carried out to know the effect of biotic and abiotic factors on the population of ae...

This work presents a discrete time model for the dynamics of a size-classified benthic population with planktonic larvae. Recruitment, decoupled from local reproduction by larval dispersal, is represented in the model as an external subsidy to the local population. Analysis of the model reveals the importance of recruitment and growth plasticity in determining the stability of an equilibrium wh...

The impact of the presence of risk of destructive event on the silvicultural practice of a forest stand is investigated. For that, we consider a model of population dynamics. This model has allowed us to make the comparison without and with risk, and highlight the influence of the presence of risk of destructive event on optimal thinning and optimal rotation period.

Several predator species at risk of extinction in Southwestern Europe are dependent on the population density of European wild rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus. Rabbit populations in the region, however, have recently undergone dramatic decreases in population density, which may be exacerbated by hunting. Current hunting policies set the autumn–winter season, just before the start of rabbit reprod...

copepods are the main zooplankton assemblages in most tropical and semi-tropical estuaries. in this research, copepod population dynamics were investigated in helleh river estuary, persian gulf during four seasons beginning from summer 2011 to spring 2012.  samples were taken using plankton net with mesh size of 140 µm and vertical towing from 5 fixed-stations in mid-season. results showed that...

Despite considerable speculation virtually nothing is known about the empirical relationship between traditional Tibetan administrative systems, household processes, and demographic trends in historical Tibetan populations because indigenous data sources have never been systematically analyzed. This article examines a 1958 tax register from Kyirong, formerly a district-level political division ...