Sexually extravagant males age more rapidly

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1017-1024

  Preston, Brian T ^a,b   Jalme, Michel Saint ^b   Hingrat, Yves ^c   Lacroix, Frédéric ^c   Sorci, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Reneco Wildlife Consultants LLC ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ageing rate; Fertility; Houbara bustard; Ornaments; Senescence; Sexual display; Sexual selection; Sperm competition; Spermatozoa; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIRD; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FERTILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM; SPERM COMPETITION; TRADE-OFF;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CYTOLOGY; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 80052796835     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01668.x     Document Type: Article

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