Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum.

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Comparative analyses of survival senescence by using life tables have identified generalizations including the observation that mammals senesce faster than similar-sized birds. These generalizations have been challenged because of limitations of life-table approaches and the growing appreciation that senescence is more than an increasing probability of death. Without using life tables, we examine senescence rates in annual individual fitness using 20 individual-based data sets of terrestrial ...

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Authors: Jones, O; Gaillard, J; Tuljapurkar, S; Alho, J; Armitage, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Ecology letters
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 664-673
• Publication date: 2008-07-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01187.x
• EISSN: 1461-0248
• ISSN: 1461-023X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Mammals; Animals; Reproduction; Body Size; Aging; Female; Birds