Do age-specific survival patterns of wild boar fit current evolutionary theories of senescence?

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3636-3643

  Gamelon, Marlène ^a   Focardi, Stefano ^b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c,d   Gimenez, Olivier ^d   Bonenfant, Christophe ^c,d   Franzetti, Barbara ^f   Choquet, Rémi ^e   Ronchi, Francesca ^f   Baubet, Eric ^g   Lemaître, Jean François ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^g OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Capture mark recapture; Fertility; Life history; Mortality; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; LONGEVITY; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84914706128     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12519     Document Type: Article

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