Early life expenditure in sexual competition is associated with increased reproductive senescence in male red deer

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1792, 2014, Pages

  Lemaître, Jean François ^a,b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^a,b   Pemberton, Josephine M ^c   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^d   Nussey, Daniel H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cervus elaphus; Disposable soma theory; Life history; Reproduction; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOENERGETICS; DEER; HAREM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DEER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEER; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85006309703     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0792     Document Type: Article

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