Lifespan is unrelated to investment in reproduction in populations of mammals and birds in captivity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 867-872

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Cadena, Carlos Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aging; Antagonistic pleiotropy; Disposable soma; Senescence; Survival; Trade off; Zoo populations

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BIRD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PLEIOTROPY; REPRODUCTION; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRDS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MAMMALS; REPRODUCTION;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548535341     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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