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Northern Spotted Owl Population In an attempt to save the endangered northern spotted owl, the U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service imposed strict guidelines for the use of 12 million acres of Pacific Northwest forest. This decision led to a national debate between the logging industry and environmentalists. Mathematical ecologists have created a mathematical model to analyze population dynamics of the northern spotted owl by dividing the female owl population into three categories: juvenile (up to 1 year old), subadult (1 to 2 years), and adult (over 2 years old). By analyzing these three subgroups, it is possible to use the number of females in each subgroup at time n to estimate the number of females in each group at any time n + 1 with the following matrix equation:
where jn is the number of juveniles, sn is the number of sub-adults, and an is the number of adults at time n. Source: Conservation Biology.
(a) If there are currently 4000 female northern spotted owls made up of 900 juveniles, 500 subadults, and 2600 adults, use a graphing calculator or spreadsheet and matrix operations to determine the total number of female owls for each of the next 5 years. (Hint: Round each answer to the nearest whole number after each matrix multiplication.)
(b) With advanced techniques from
What can we conclude about the long-term survival of the northern spotted owl?
(c) Notice that only 18 percent of the juveniles become sub-adults. Assuming that, through better habitat management, this number could be increased to 40 percent, rework part (a). Discuss possible reasons why only 18 percent of the juveniles become subadults. Under the new assumption, what can you conclude about the long-term survival of the northern spotted owl?

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Finite Mathematics (11th Edition)
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