The impact of reproductive investment and early-life environmental conditions on senescence: Support for the disposable soma hypothesis

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1999-2007

  Hammers, M ^a,b   Richardson, D S ^b,c   Burke, T ^d   Komdeur, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURE SEYCHELLES   (Seychelles)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus sechellensis; Ageing; Antagonistic pleiotropy; Disposable soma; Early life investment; Life history trade off; Seychelles warbler; Survival senescence

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ANTAGONISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLEIOTROPY; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTIC PLEIOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISPOSABLE SOMA; EARLY-LIFE INVESTMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFF; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEYCHELLES; SEYCHELLES WARBLER; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL SENESCENCE;

ACROCEPHALUS SECHELLENSIS; AGEING; ANTAGONISTIC PLEIOTROPY; DISPOSABLE SOMA; EARLY-LIFE INVESTMENT; LIFE-HISTORY TRADE-OFF; SEYCHELLES WARBLER; SURVIVAL SENESCENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SEYCHELLES; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84882613498     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12204     Document Type: Article

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