Discretising Keyfitz' entropy for studies of actuarial senescence and comparative demography
Abstract Keyfitz' entropy is a widely used metric to quantify the shape of the survivorship curve of populations, from plants to animals and microbes. Keyfitz' entropy values <1 correspond to life histories with an increasing mortality rate with age (i.e. actuarial senescence), whereas...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Methods in Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14083 |