Ageing gracefully: Physiology but not behaviour declines with age in a diving seabird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-228

  Elliott, Kyle H ^a   Hare, James F ^a   Le Vaillant, Maryline ^b,c   Gaston, Anthony J ^d   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^b,c   Anderson, W Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Behavioural senescence; Cost of hypoxia; Diving; Physiological senescence; Rate of living theory; Resting metabolic rate; Thick billed murre

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84922743612     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12316     Document Type: Article

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