Effect of density on age-specific mortality in Drosophila: A density supplementation experiment

Genetica

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-31

  Khazaeli, Aziz A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

age specific mortality; density; Drosophila; two stage Gompertz

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030199016     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00120215     Document Type: Article

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