Below-threshold mortality: Implications for studies in evolution, ecology and demography

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 314-328

  Promislow, D E L ^a   Tatar, M ^b   Pletcher, S ^c   Carey, J R ^d  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Maximum likelihood; Mortality; Sampling error; Senescence

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; MORTALITY;

EID: 0032968529     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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