Population biology of aging in the wild

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 421-443

  Roach, Deborah A ^a   Carey, James R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

age dependent; biodemography; elderly; life span; long lived; senescence; wild population

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84913589330     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-120213-091730     Document Type: Article

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