A measure for describing and comparing postreproductive life span as a population trait

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 446-453

  Levitis, Daniel A ^a,b   Lackey, Laurie Bingaman ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c International Species Information System   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Life history evolution; Life table methods; Menopause; Primates; Simulation; Type I error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867673284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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