Age-specific life history tactics in organisms with determinate growth: Optimal models for non-optimal behavior?

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Thomson, David L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Evolutionary model; Life history evolution; Reproductive effort; Senescence

Indexed keywords

DETERMINATE GROWTH; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; OPTIMIZATION MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0029662445     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347820     Document Type: Article

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