Demographic constraints in evolution: Towards unifying the evolutionary theories of senescence and niche conservatism

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Holt, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Niche evolution; Niche stasis; Senescence; Source sink dynamics; Stage structured populations

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC ASYMMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; NICHE CONSERVATISM; SENESCENCE;

EID: 0029668356     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01239342     Document Type: Article

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