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Life expectancy and reproduction

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  1. Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6

    Bernard D. Roitberg, Julie Sircom & Carol A. Roitberg

  2. Division of Ecology, Department of Population Biology, University of Leiden, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Jacques J. M. van Alphen

  3. Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616, USA

    Marc Mangel

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