Longevity : : The Biology and Demography of Life Span / / James R. Carey.
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 a...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (305 p.) :; 76 line illus. 30 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Permissions
- 1 Introduction
- 2. Operational Framework
- 3. Mortality Deceleration
- 4. Reproduction and Behavior
- 5. Mortality Dynamics of Density
- 6. Dietary Effects
- 7. Linkages between Reproduction and Longevity
- 8. General Biodemographic Principles
- 9. A General Theory of Longevity
- 10. Epilogue: A Conceptual Overview of Life Span
- Bibliography
- Index