Ecology and mode-of-life explain lifespan variation in birds and mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1784, 2014, Pages

  Healy, Kevin ^a   Guillerme, Thomas ^a   Finlay, Sive ^a   Kane, Adam ^a   Kelly, Seán B A ^a   McClean, Deirdre ^a   Kelly, David J ^a   Donohue, Ian ^a   Jackson, Andrew L ^a   Cooper, Natalie ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Extrinsic mortality; Longevity; MCMCglmm; Non volant; Volant

Indexed keywords

BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; BIRD; BODY MASS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84898670960     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0298     Document Type: Article

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