When can a clonal organism escape senescence?

American Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 462-490

  Gardner, Shea N ^a,c   Mangel, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAL ORGANISM; CLONAL REPRODUCTION; LIFE HISTORY; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 0030820920     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286076     Document Type: Article

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