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[Post-transitional cycles and prey-predator models].

G A Micheli
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"This paper investigates the logical consistency of the mathematical models used in the analysis of fertility fluctuations since the end of [the] demographic transition. Two main families of models may be distinguished: those related to demographic 'cinematics', including the well known Easterlin model; and those related to the 'dynamics' of the reproduction system, among which Volterra's prey-predator model takes a particular place. The possibilities of operationalizing the latter model are also discussed." (SUMMARY IN ENG AND SPA)

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G A Micheli. 1988. [Post-transitional cycles and prey-predator models].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12342213/

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