Chaotic population dynamics and the evolution of ageing

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 561-574

  Mitteldorf, Joshua ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Altruism; Chaos; Group selection; Population dynamics; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645788512     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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