UID:
almafu_9959329080602883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 324, 46 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
9780470715253
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0470715251
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9780470714942
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0470714948
Series Statement:
Ciba Foundation colloquia on ageing ; v. 5
Note:
Proceedings of the Colloquium on the Lifespan of Animals, held at the Ciba Foundation, Apr. 14-16, 1959.
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Includes cumulative index to v. 1-5 of the Ciba Foundation colloquia on aging.
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Actuarial aspects of human lifespans / B. Benjamin -- Parental age effects on man / Eeva Jalavisto -- Studies on the longevity and mortality of English thoroughbred horses / A. Comfort -- Lifespan of cattle and horses under various climatic conditions and the reasons for premature culling / W. Hartwig -- Onset of disease and the longevity of rat and man / Henry S. Simms, Benjamin N. Berg and Dean F. Davies -- Lifespans of mammalian and bird populations in nature / F. Bourlière -- Arteriosclerosis in birds / S. Scheidegger -- Relation of lifespan to brain weight and body weight in mammals / George A. Sacher -- A review of the lifespans and mortality rates of fish in nature, and their relation to growth and other physiological characteristics / R.J.H. Beverton and S.J. Holt -- Physiological changes accompanying ageing in fishes / Shelby D. Gerking -- Longevity of fishes in captivity, with special reference to those kept in the New York Aquarium / Ross F. Nigrelli -- Factors influencing the lifespan of bees / Anna Maurizio -- The biology of ageing in insects / Morris Rockstein -- The rate of ageing in Drosophila subobscura / J. Maynard Smith -- Note on some mathematical mortality models / R.E. Beard.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Colloquium on the Lifespan of Animals (1959 : Ciba Foundation). Lifespan of animals. London : J. & A. Churchill, 1959
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470715253
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470715253
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470715253
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