Age-specific survival in five populations of ungulates: Evidence of senescence

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2539-2554

  Loison, Anne ^a,b   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^c   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^b   Jorgenson, Jon T ^d   Jullien, Jean Michel ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d Natural Resources Service   (Canada)

^e OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Bighorn sheep; Body mass; Capreolus capreolus; Capture mark recapture; Isard; Ovis canadensis; Roe deer; Rupicapra pyrenaica; Senescence; Sexual selection; Survival; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; OVIS CANADENSIS; RUPICAPRA PYRENAICA;

EID: 0033453260     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2539:ASSIFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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