Measuring senescence in wild animal populations: towards a longitudinal approach

Journal article

1. A major current challenge in ageing research is to understand why senescence rates vary between individuals, populations and species in wild populations. 2. Recent studies clearly illustrate that senescent declines in key demographic and life-history traits can be observed in many wild animal systems. 3. Here, we summarize the key challenges facing researchers working to understand senescence in the wild. We concentrate on: (i) limited data availability, (ii) the substantial individual het...

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Authors: Nussey, D; Coulson, T; Festa-Bianchet, M; Gaillard, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 393-406
• Publication date: 2008-06-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01408.x
• EISSN: 1365-2435
• ISSN: 0269-8463
• Language: English
• Keywords: ungulates; Capture-Mark-Recapture; longitudinal data; life-history trade-offs; heterogeneity; senescence; wild populations; ageing; mixed-effects models