The effect of differential survivorship on the stability of reproductive queueing

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 699-712

  Mesterton Gibbons, Mike ^a   Hardy, Ian C W ^b   Field, Jeremy ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential survivorship; Queueing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL COMMUNITY; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LIFESPAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STEADY STATE; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33747887799     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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