Sociality, age at first reproduction and senescence: Comparative analyses of birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 682-689

  Moller A P ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

Age at first reproduction; Ageing; Coloniality; Longevity; Sampling effort; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CULTURAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES;

EID: 33646488833     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2005.01065.x     Document Type: Article

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