Insurance, developmental accidents, and the risks of putting all your eggs in one basket

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-256

  Forbes, L Scott ^a   Lamey, Timothy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0030573527     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0100     Document Type: Article

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