Before senescence: The evolutionary demography of ontogenesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1707, 2011, Pages 801-809

  Levitis, Daniel A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary demography; Juvenile mortality; Ontogenescence; Ontogenesis; Senescence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; EUKARYOTE; JUVENILE; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SENESCENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 79952346172     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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