Answer: 2022 Write the system of equations and construct the corresponding matrix model

Chapter 8, Problem 22

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2022 Write the system of equations and construct the corresponding matrix model for each of the following exercises.22. Spotted owls were at the center of a debate between conservation biologists and the logging industry in the 1990s. Part of resolving the debate involved constructing a matrix model for their population. The owl population in year t can be divided into juveniles, subadults, and adults. Adults produce, on average, 0.33 juveniles each year. Approximately 60% of juveniles survive to be subadults the next year, while 71% of subadults survive to become adults. Approximately 94% of the adult population survives from one year to the next.