Parental age and lifespan influence offspring recruitment: a long-term study in a seabird.

Recent studies of wild populations provide compelling evidence that survival and reproduction decrease with age because of senescence, a decline in functional capacities at old ages. However, in the wild, little is known about effects of parental senescence on offspring quality. We used data from a...

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Main Authors: Roxana Torres, Hugh Drummond, Alberto Velando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3210767?pdf=render