Ecology and mode-of-life explain lifespan variation in birds and mammals

Maximum lifespan in birds and mammals varies strongly with body mass such that large species tend to live longer than smaller species. However, many species live far longer than expected given their body mass. This may reflect interspecific variation in extrinsic mortality, as life-history theory pr...

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Main Authors: Healy, Kevin, Guillerme, Thomas, Finlay, Sive, Kane, Adam, Kelly, Seán B. A., McClean, Deirdre, Kelly, David J., Donohue, Ian, Jackson, Andrew L., Cooper, Natalie
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2014
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4043093/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741018
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0298
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