The ecology and biodemography of Caenorhabditis elegans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1059-1065

  Chen, J ^a   Lewis, E E ^a   Carey, J R ^a,b   Caswell, Hal ^c   Caswell Chen, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elasticity; Fitness; Life span; Matrix population models; Sensitivity; Wild caught

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; GENETIC DRIFT; HELIX ASPERSA; HERMAPHRODITISM; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA;

EID: 33751406164     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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