Relative longevity and field metabolic rate in birds

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1379-1386

  Moller A P ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

Evolutionary theories of senescence; Field metabolic rate; Free radicals; Longevity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; BIRD; DAMAGE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AGING; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; LONGEVITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

AVES;

EID: 49549101980     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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