Comparison of aging-related mortality among birds and mammals

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 36, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 845-857

  Ricklefs, R E ^a   Scheuerlein, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging related mortality; Birds; Brain size; Captivity; Development; Gompertz model; Life history; Mammals; Senescence; Weibull model

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIRD; BRAIN SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIFESPAN; MAMMAL; MODEL; MORTALITY; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; THEORY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035064979     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(00)00245-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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