Basal metabolic rate and the rate of senescence in the great tit

Journal article

1. Between-individual variation in rates of senescence has recently been found to relate to natal and early-life conditions in several natural populations. Mechanistic theories of senescence have predicted between-individual variation in basal metabolic rate (BMR) to also underlie such variation in rates of senescence. The question whether variation in BMR is linked to natal and early-life conditions with effects on senescence has, however, not yet been addressed. 2. Using cross-sectional dat...

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Authors: Bouwhuis, S; Sheldon, B; Verhulst, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 829-838
• Publication date: 2011-08-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01850.x
• EISSN: 1365-2435
• ISSN: 0269-8463
• Language: English
• Keywords: wild population; basal metabolic rate; Parus major; great tit; uncoupling-to-survive; ageing; life-history; rate-of-living; energy expenditure; senescence