Explaining the optimality of U-shaped age-specific mortality

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2007.11.005zbMath1208.92054OpenAlexW1997222512WikidataQ40136558 ScholiaQ40136558MaRDI QIDQ615420

Hung-Ken Chien, C. Y. Cyrus Chu, Ronald D. Lee

Publication date: 5 January 2011

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc2291574

zbMATH Keywords

infant mortalityparental caresenescenceintergenerational transfersevolution of mortalityoptimal life historyparental investmentpostreproductive survival

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical methods for integral equations (65R20) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Integro-partial differential equations (45K99)

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