Model fitting and hypothesis testing for age-specific mortality data

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-439

  Pletcher, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific mortality; Gompertz model; Life histories; Maximum likelihood; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; MORTALITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032966938     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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