From stage to age in variable environments: Life expectancy and survivorship

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1497-1509

  Tuljapurkar, Shripad ^a   Horvitz, Carol C ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Calathea; Demography; Life expectancy; Markov chains; Stage structure; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; HERB; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745989851     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[1497:FSTAIV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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