Senescence of maternal effects: Aging influences egg quality and rearing capacities of a long-lived bird

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 469-480

  Beamonte Barrientos, René ^a   Velando, Alberto ^b   Drummond, Hugh ^a   Torres, Roxana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age dependent maternal investment; Maternal effects; Senescence; Sula nebouxii

Indexed keywords

AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EGG; FLEDGING; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENTAL CARE; REARING; SEABIRD; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; OOCYTE; OVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OVIPARITY; OVUM;

AVES; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 77949500207     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650726     Document Type: Article

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