
%0 Journal Article
%A Niven, BS 
%T Mathematics of populations of the quokka, Setonix brachyurus (Marsupialia)   I. A simple deterministic model for quokka populations
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1970/06/01
%V 18
%N 2
%P 209-214
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9700209
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9700209 
%X A deterministic model is given for populations of the quokka, S. brachyurus, at the West End of Rottnest I., W.A. A mathematical imitation of the quokka is defined. The mathematical "animal" is then required to breed in order to produce a population. Computer simulation has been used: thus the population is observed as output from the computer. Results include population numbers, age distributions, and the effects on the population of two different kinds of catastrophe. 
