Ecology, longevity and naked mole-rats: Confounding effects of sociality?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1802, 2015, Pages

  Williams, Scott A ^a,b,c   Shattuck, Milena R ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; LONGEVITY; RODENT;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER;

ANIMAL; BIRD; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS;

EID: 84921977455     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1664     Document Type: Article

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