David G. Krementz, John R. Sauer, James D. Nichols, Model-Based Estimates of Annual Survival Rate Are Preferable to Observed Maximum Lifespan Statistics for Use in Comparative Life-History Studies, Oikos, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Oct., 1989), pp. 203-208
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