Explaining patterns of age-specific performance

Individual life histories are frequently studied to gain insight into the mechanisms of ageing. However, various challenges complicate the accurate quantification of age-specific variation in fitness. In this thesis I develop and apply methods to accurately characterise patterns of ageing, and to ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rebke, Maren
Other Authors: Coulson, Tim ; Vaupel, Jim
Published: Imperial College London 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550281