Environmental effects on the expression of life span and aging: An extreme contrast between wild and captive cohorts of Telostylinus angusticollis (Diptera: Neriidae)

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 346-357

  Kawasaki, Noriyoshi ^a   Brassil, Chad E ^b   Brooks, Robert C ^a   Bonduriansky, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Environment; Field study; Natural population; Phenotypic plasticity; Senescence; Telostylinus angusticollis

Indexed keywords

AGING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FIELDWORK; FITNESS; FLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIPTERA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; NERIIDAE;

EID: 51549120343     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589519     Document Type: Article

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