Parent age, lifespan and offspring survival: Structured variation in life history in a wild population

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 851-862

  Reid, Jane M ^a   Bignal, Eric M ^b   Bignal, Sue ^b   McCracken, Davy I ^c   Monaghan, Pat ^d   Bogdanova, Maria I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Chough Study Group   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Capture mark recapture; Early life effects; Individual quality; Longevity; Population growth rate; State dependent life history

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; AGE STRUCTURE; AGING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PASSERINE; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WILD POPULATION;

PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; PATERNAL AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PASSERIFORMES; PATERNAL AGE; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77956651923     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01669.x     Document Type: Article

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