Initially, the M deme maintained a population of 5588 until 8601.08 generations ago. From 8601.08 to 6758.0, its size decreased exponentially to population size 2883. A exponential growth ensued, culminating in 5406 individuals by 5975.0. Starting from 5975.0 generations ago, the population has changed from 5406 to 6431, at a linear rate.
time_units: generations
demes:
  - name: M
    start_time: .inf
    epochs:
      - start_size: 5588
        end_time: 8601.08
      - start_size: 5588
        end_size: 2883
        end_time: 6758.0
        size_function: exponential
      - start_size: 2883
        end_time: 5975.0
        end_size: 5406
        size_function: exponential
      - end_time: 0
        start_size: 5406
        end_size: 6431
        size_function: linear