A critique of directionality theory

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1586, 2006, Pages 635-639

  Bulmer, Michael ^a  

^a Old Vicarage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographic entropy; Directionality theory; Life history evolution; Malthusian parameter

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; LIFE HISTORY; MALTHUSIAN THEORY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NOTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 33645776237     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3344     Document Type: Article

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