Senescence in Wild Populations of Mammals and Birds

Handbook of the Biology of Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 243-266

  Brunet Rossinni, Anja K ^a   Austad, Steven N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012088387-5/50012-1     Document Type: Chapter

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