RE: [GZG] Need help, Colony population #'s

[<Beth.Fulton@xxxxxxxx>]

G'day,

> I can probably draw together some documentation on it all....

If you're willing to wade through the text a good introductory level
undergrad Uni course is up at

http://www.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/PopEcol/popecol.html

While reading through the lot may help understanding you want lectures
5-7 in particular. The excel spreadsheets I use are quite similar to
these kind of simple models, though they have some added twists based on
extra info I have on what does and doesn't work for avoiding math
artefacts.

I don't know if the beast had some of the extra NASA comments on
artifical habitat issues in mind too, must admit I tend to abstract
those away as differential mortality and reproduction rates as the
colony develops (that way you can play with what ever feedbacks or
colony success rates that you want).

Cheers

Beth

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