Estimation of individual fitness from life-history data

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-64

  Mcgraw, James B ^a   Caswell, Hal ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE TIT; FITNESS; LIFE HISTORY; SPARROWHAWK;

ACCIPITER NISUS; PARUS CAERULEUS;

EID: 0029667708     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285839     Document Type: Article

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