The evolution of senescence from a comparative perspective

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 379-392

  Ricklefs, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Animal models; Catastrophic death; Evolutionary theory; Extrinsic mortality; Gompertz function; Intrinsic mortality; Senescence; Weibull function; Wild vs. captive populations

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LIFE TABLE; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; VERTEBRATE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43949127755     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01420.x     Document Type: Review

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