  We address a novel approach for stochastic individual-based modelling of a
single species population. Individuals are distinguished by their remaining
lifetimes, which are regulated by the interplay between the inexorable running
of time and the individual's nourishment history. A food-limited environment
induces intraspecific competition and henceforth the carrying capacity of the
medium may be finite, often emulating the qualitative features of logistic
growth. Inherently non-logistic behavior is also obtained by suitable change of
the few parameters involved, composing a wide variety of dynamical features.
Some analytical results are obtained. Beyond the rich phenomenology observed,
we expect that possible modifications of our model may account for an even
broader scope of collective population growth phenomena.
