Trans-generational effects on ageing in a wild bird population

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 636-642

  Bouwhuis, S ^a,b   Charmantier, A ^c   Verhulst, S ^a   Sheldon, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Great tit; Lansing effect; Life history; Parus major; Senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING; FITNESS; MATERNAL EFFECT; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 77749292002     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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