Model-Based Estimates of Annual Survival Rate Are Preferable to Observed Maximum Lifespan Statistics for Use in Comparative Life-History Studies
- 1 October 1989
- Vol. 56 (2) , 203-208
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3565337
Abstract
Estimates of longevity are available for many animals, and are commonly used in comparative life-history analyses. We suggest that annual survival rate is a mor...This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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