Assessing the Diversity of the Form of Age-Specific Changes in Adult Mortality from Captive Mammalian Populations

Actuarial senescence (i.e., the age-specific increase in mortality rate) is pervasive across mammalian species, but our current understanding of the diversity of forms that actuarial senescence displays across species remains limited. Although several mathematical models have been proposed to model...

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Main Authors: Victor Ronget, Jean-François Lemaître, Morgane Tidière, Jean-Michel Gaillard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Diversity
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/12/9/354