What is in the top row of the Lesliematrix?Оа.Number of individuals in the stage classO b. Stage transition ratesO C.Fecundity ratesO d. Survival rates

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What is in the top row of the Leslie
matrix?
Оа.
Number of individuals in the stage class
O b. Stage transition rates
O C.
Fecundity rates
O d. Survival rates

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In ecology, the Leslie matrix is used to model changes in a population of species through time. The population is separated into groups based on age classes under a Leslie model.

A Lefkovitch matrix is a comparable paradigm that replaces age classes with ontogenetic stages, allowing individuals to stay in the same stage class or progress to the next.

The population is represented at each time step by a vector with an element for each age class, each element indicating the amount of participants currently in that class.

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