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Life History Invariants: Some Explorations of Symmetry in Evolutionary Ecology
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In this book, Eric Charnov uses ideas about symmetry, invariance, and scaling laws to explore aspects of population dynamics and the evolution of male and female life histories. Charnov's work is internationally known and will attract great interest among postgraduate students and researchers in ecology, evolution, behaviour, and many other fields within organismal biology.
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- Authors
- Charnov, E. L.
- Corresponding author
- Charnov, Eric L
- Publisher
- Oxford University PressOxford
- Published
- 1993-07-22
- OpenAlex
- W4388299665
- Cited by
- 1,254
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- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 45 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 46 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 36 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 56 · 2014: 40 · 2013: 42 · 2012: 44
- FWCI
- 44.90
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Keywords
- symmetry, invariance, scaling laws, population dynamics, sex differences, organismal biology
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