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How a rare species might become a pest
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2009
Abstract
A model is proposed for the population growth of a rare species after predation pressure is lifted. A geometric probability argument is used to suggest that, as population density increases, breeding encounters become more frequent and the consequent rate of increase is much steeper than the exponential. This may explain the population explosion of crown-of-thorns starfish recorded recently.
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