Longevity: The Biology and Demography of Life SpanPrinceton University Press, 12.01.2021 - 305 Seiten Despite our deep interest in mortality, little is known about why some individuals live to middle age and others to extreme old age. Life span, mortality, and aging present some of the most profound mysteries in biology. In Longevity, James Carey draws on unprecedented data to develop a biological and demographic framework for identifying the key factors that govern aging, life span, and mortality in humans and other animals. |
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... presented in the book will sharpen the experimental focus and frame the thinking of researchers who use more costly vertebrate systems . Fourth , the book will serve as an introduction to experimental demography and biodemography for a ...
... presented at the workshop “ Life Span : Evolutionary , Ecological and Demographic Perspectives ” held in Santorini ... presented in chapters 3-7 are woven into many of the general biodemographic principles presented in chapter 8 , which ...
... presented in table 1.1 . Three aspects of this table merit comment . The first and most obvious characteristic of the database is experimental scale -- the majority of studies used anywhere from 100,000 to 1.2 million individuals . This ...
... presented in previous chapters or from the general literature . I then build on the concept of principles but focus on those pertaining to " humans as primates ” as well as those pertaining to humans in contemporary societies . Chapter ...
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Inhalt
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Mortality Deceleration | 27 |
Reproduction and Behavior | 53 |
Mortality Dynamics of Density | 86 |
Dietary Effects | 111 |
Linkages between Reproduction and Longevity | 143 |
General Biodemographic Principles | 176 |
A General Theory of Longevity | 200 |
A Conceptual Overview of Life Span | 221 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 271 |