Matrix, Life tables Flashcards

1
Q

Why are life tables used?

A

Provides information for calculating survivorship curves and expectation of future life

b. When combined with age-specific fecundity then can:
i. Estimate the lifetime production of female offspring/female
ii. Either a direct or indirect estimate of population change
c. Age vs stage?
d. Generation length (discrete vs. overlapping generations)

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Nx

A

Number recorded alive

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lx

A

proportion of original individuals surviving to beginning of age class X.

Generally multiplied by 1000 to standardize.
Used to compare population ages

lx=(Nx/No)

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4
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bx

A

age- specific fertility for females

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5
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dx

A
number of individauls in age class dying during the age class
dx=lx-lx+1
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qx

A

force of mortality; age or stage specific mortality

qx=dx/lx

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kx

A

killing power

log10(Nx)-log10(Nx+1)

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Lx

A

number of individuals alive midway between two time periods

Lx=(lx+lx+1)/2

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9
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Tx

A

cumulative sum of years lived by the cohort

∑Lx (done from bottom and work up)

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10
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ex

A

expectation of future life

ex=Tx/lx

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11
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Lxbx

A

contribution of offspring by each age class

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12
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Ro

A

net reproductive rate (basic reproductive rate)

∑lxbx

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13
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Ro - what type of generations?

A

Discrete generations: # females offspring/female life & multiplication rate/ generation

Only works well with non-overlapping generations

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14
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Ro=1

A

then birth rates and death rates are equal

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15
Q

High Ro means?

A

High reproductive capacity

- is found in small body organisms with high number of offspring

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16
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Types of life tables

A
  1. Cohort
  2. time-specific
  3. combined
17
Q

Cohort life table

A

i. Follow entire life (birth to death)

ii. Conditions of a specific group

18
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Time-specific

A

i. Sampled at a specific point in time (slice through time method)
ii. Age structure used to assess (lx and bx)

19
Q

Combined life table

A

i. Most common, takes benefits from both the cohort and the time specific

20
Q
Reproductive value (Vx) 
equation
A

Vx=bx+∑t=x+1((ltbt)/lx)

calculated by finding the left eignvector (v)

21
Q
Reproductive value (Vx) 
depends on:
A

i. Surviving to reproductive age
ii. Reproduction in current age
iii. All future reproduction in current age.
iv. All future reproduction, discounted by the probability of surviving to that age

22
Q

Stable age distribution

A

constant lx and bx and r>0

23
Q

Stationary age distribution

A

constant lx and bx by r=0

24
Q

Fitness

A

how many offsprings an individual has over a life time

Fails to account for years of reproduction, and age of 1st reproduction

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Goal of Leslie matrix?
calculate lambda
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Px (Leslie matrix)
``` Proportion of individuals that survive from one age class to the next Px=lx+1/lx ```
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Fx (Leslie matrix - Post breeding)
Fx= Px*bx+1birth bulse , is included as a seperate class 
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Fx (Leslie matrix - Pre breeding)
Fx=(po)(bx) 
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Lefkovich Matrix differences from leslie matrix
  * Described by classification other than age Individuals can stay within existing stage, transition forward or backward. * Transitions can go in multiple direction * See Px * λ  Is still calculated, but with Stable Stage Disturibution (SSD) attained. 
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Px (Lefkovich matrix)
probability that an individual will survive and remain in the SAME stage or size class (differs from leslie) found on the middle diagonal 
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Gx or Fx (Lefkovich)
probability that an individual will survive and move up to the next stage or size class in the next time unit 
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Mortality (Lefkovich)
``` Mortality= 1- (Pi,j)-(Pi,i)-Pj,i Pi,j= Probability of transitioning to the next age/stage class Pi,i= probability of remaining within the same age/stage class Pj,i = probability of regressing to previous age/stage class. ```
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reproductive value is...
the weighted average of present and future generations