Patterns of body mass senescence and selective disappearance differ among three species of free-living ungulates.

Declines in survival and reproduction with age are prevalent in wild vertebrates, but we know little about longitudinal changes in behavioral, morphological, or physiological variables that may explain these demographic declines. We compared age-related variation in body mass of adult females in thr...

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Principais autores: Nussey, D, Coulson, T, Delorme, D, Clutton-Brock, T, Pemberton, J, Festa-Bianchet, M, Gaillard, J
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2011