Establishing appropriate measures for monitoring aging in birds: Comparing short and long lived species

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 747-750

  Ottinger, Mary Ann ^a   Reed, Elizabeth ^a   Wu, Julie ^a   Thompson, Nichola ^a   French Jr , John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kestrel; Quail; Reproductive lifespan; Short and long lived birds

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA BASE; ENDOCRINOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPECIES; SURVIVAL; TOXICOLOGY;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; FALCO SPARVERIUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0037673441     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(03)00102-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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