Reproductive effort accelerates actuarial senescence in wild birds: An experimental study

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 599-605

  Boonekamp, Jelle J ^a   Salomons, Martijn ^a   Bouwhuis, Sandra ^a,b   Dijkstra, Cor ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Force of mortality; Gompertz; Jackdaw; Life history; Survival; Trade off

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS MONEDULA; VERTEBRATA;

AGING; ANIMAL; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; LETTER; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLUTCH SIZE; LONGEVITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84898058483     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12263     Document Type: Article

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