Sex differences in ageing in natural populations of vertebrates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1629, 2007, Pages 3097-3104

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Isvaran, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ageing; Breeding systems; Life histories; Longevity; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36849075408     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1138     Document Type: Article

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