Reproduction
0.03
0.06
0.09
0.16
45 Age classes
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0.34 0.19 0.09 0.030.0
Figure 3: Leslie Model for Gunnison's prairie dog for problems 6-8
5. Figure 3 is the Leslie Model for Gunnison's prairie dog ([1]). Write the projection
matrix for this model.
6. How many survive from age class 4 to age class 5? What does this tell you about the
long run population of age class 5?
7. If the initial population has 2000 in age class 0, 1000 in age class 1, 750 in age class 2,
600 in age class 3, 500 in age class 4, and 200 in age class 5, what is the population of
each age class after 1 time step? What is the percent in each stage in the long run?