Experimentally increased reproductive effort alters telomere length in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2258-2264

  Sudyka, J ^a   Arct, A ^a   Drobniak, S ^a   Dubiec, A ^b   Gustafsson, L ^c   Cichon M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarker of ageing; Blue tit; Cost of reproduction; Experimental manipulation; Reproductive effort; Telomeres; Wild population

Indexed keywords

CYANISTES CAERULEUS;

AGING; ANIMAL; CLUTCH SIZE; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGEVITY; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TELOMERE;

EID: 84911374894     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12479     Document Type: Article

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