Individual state and survival prospects: Age, sex, and telomere length in a long-lived seabird

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-161

  Foote, Christopher G ^a   Daunt, Francis ^b   González Solís, Jacob ^c   Nasir, Lubna ^a   Phillips, Richard A ^d   Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Giant petrel; Life span; Sex differences; Survival; Telomere dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; FITNESS; GENDER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 79952524560     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq178     Document Type: Article

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