Life History Features and Aging Rates: Insights from Intra-specific Patterns in the Cricket Acheta domesticus

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 371-387

  Lyn, Janice ^a   Aksenov, Vadim ^a   LeBlanc, Zillon ^a   Rollo, C David ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging and life span; Body size allometry; Crickets; Growth rate and life span; Life history evolution; Maturation time and life span

Indexed keywords

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84865534549     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-012-9160-0     Document Type: Article

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