When Senescence is Optimal and When it is Not • Annette Baudisch, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Demographic Ethology: Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Functions of Age-Specific Behavioral Characteristics in Fruit Flies • James R. Carey, University of California, Davis ; Nikos Papadopoulos, University of Thessaly ; Hans Muller, University of California, Davis ; Jane-Ling Wang, University of California, Davis

The Evolution of Intergenerational Transfers and Longevity: An Optimal Life History Approach • Cyrus Chu, Academia Sinica ; Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley

Demography and Food in Early Polynesia • Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University

Mutation Selection Balance in Biodemography • Kenneth Wachter, University of California, Berkeley