Avian escape artists? Patterns, processes and costs of senescence in wild birds

The Evolution of Senescence in the Tree of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 156-174

  Bouwhuis, Sandra ^a   Vedder, Oscar ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1017/9781139939867.008     Document Type: Chapter

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