Longitudinal studies confirm faster telomere erosion in short-lived bird species;Längsschnittuntersuchungen bestätigen schnellere telomer-verkürzung bei kurzlebigen vogelarten

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 373-375

  Sudyka, Joanna ^a   Arct, Aneta ^a   Drobniak, Szymon ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^b   Cichoń, Mariusz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Blue Tit; Lifespan; Longevity; Wild population

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84979683895     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-015-1304-4     Document Type: Article

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