Species a Is a Nonreproductive Age Shrub You Have Been $\lambda$

question 43

Short Answer

Species A is a nonreproductive age shrub you have been studying for 3 years after a wildfire destroyed all the vegetation on your field site. Data from the control, no wildfire site, documents that species A becomes reproductive in year 3. At the control site, there are 432 species A shrubs in year 3 and 523 in Year 4. What is species A's $\lambda$ ?

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Definitions:

Interaction Component

Part of an analysis that measures the effect of combining two or more factors, beyond their individual effects.

Main Effects

The direct influence of an independent variable on a dependent variable in an experimental design, ignoring the interactions with other independent variables.

Factorial Experiment

A factorial experiment is a type of experiment where two or more factors are varied simultaneously to observe their effect on the experimental outcome.

Balanced

Refers to a situation in which different groups or factors in a study or experiment are of equal or nearly equal size or importance.