Arboreality has allowed for the evolution of increased longevity in mammals

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4635-4639

  Shattuck, Milena R ^a   Williams, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic mortality; Marsupials; Primates; Senescence; Terrestriality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MARSUPIAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDATOR; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 77949503566     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911439107     Document Type: Article

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