Age-dependent trait variation: The relative contribution of within-individual change, selective appearance and disappearance in a long-lived seabird

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 797-807

  Zhang, He ^a   Vedder, Oscar ^a   Becker, Peter H ^a   Bouwhuis, Sandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age specific variation; Ageing; Individual heterogeneity; Method comparison; Terminal effects; Within individual change

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEABIRD;

STERNA HIRUNDO;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; GERMANY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEMALE; GERMANY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84928116349     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12321     Document Type: Article

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