Extrinsic mortality and the evolution of senescence

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 173-174

  Caswell, Hal ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; LETTER; MORTALITY;

AGING; EVOLUTION; MORTALITY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33947255051     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.01.006     Document Type: Letter

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