Actuarial and reproductive senescence in a long-lived seabird: Preliminary evidence

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 757-760

  Anderson, D J ^a   Apanius, V ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial senescence; Nazca booby; Reproduction; Seabird; Sula granti

Indexed keywords

AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; SULA; SULA GRANTI; SULIDAE;

EID: 0038349359     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(03)00104-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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