Bottom of the heap: Having heavier competitors accelerates early-life telomere loss in the European starling, Sturnus vulgaris

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^b   Boner, Winnie ^b   Gillespie, Robert ^b   Bateson, Melissa ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; STARLINGS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84893570970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083617     Document Type: Article

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