Senescent birds redouble reproductive effort when ill: Confirmation of the terminal investment hypothesis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1593, 2006, Pages 1443-1448

  Velando, Alberto ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^b   Torres, Roxana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Immune response; Life history; Lipopolysaccharide; Plasticity; Reproductive success; Senescence

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGE CLASS; AGING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY; POLYSACCHARIDE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SULA NEBOUXII; SURVIVAL TIME; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SULA NEBOUXII;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33746198067     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3480     Document Type: Article

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