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The evolution of senescence from a comparative perspective

Authors: R. E. Ricklefs

Publication/Journal: Functional Ecology

Keywords: ageing, animal models, catastrophic death, evolutionary theory, extrinsic mortality, gompertz function, intrinsic mortality, senescence, weibull function, wild versus captive populations

2008

Paternal behavior in rodents

Authors: D. A. Dewsbury

Publication/Journal: American Zoologist

Keywords: adaptation, basic motor patterns, diverse habitats, experience, genotype, intraspecific variability, lability, muroid & hystricomorph rodents, paternal behavior, rodents, sciurids, social conditions, stimulus characteristics, thresholds and conditions

1985

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