Empirical evidence of senescence in adult damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1034-1044

  Sherratt, T N ^a   Laird, R A ^b   Hassall, C ^a   Lowe, C D ^c   Harvey, I F ^c   Watts, P C ^c   Cordero Rivera, A ^d   Thompson, D J ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Akaike information criterion; Field study; Hazard; Makeham; Mark; Odonata; Winmodest; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WILD POPULATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEATHER;

AGING; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECTS; MITES; WEATHER;

EID: 79952035650     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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