Age-specific reproduction in a long-lived species: the combined effects of senescence and individual quality.

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Apparent changes in breeding performance with age measured at the population level can be due to changes in individual capacity at different ages, or to the differential survival of individuals with different capabilities. Estimating the relative importance of the two is important for understanding ageing patterns in natural populations, but there are few studies of such populations in which these effects have been disentangled. We analysed laying date and clutch size as measures of individua...

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Authors: McCleery, R; Perrins, C; Sheldon, B; Charmantier, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society
• Volume: 275
• Issue: 1637
• Pages: 963-970
• Publication date: 2008-04-01
• DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1418
• EISSN: 1471-2954
• ISSN: 0962-8452
• Language: English
• Keywords: Anseriformes; Animals; Longevity; Female; Oviposition; Male; Clutch Size; Age Distribution; Reproduction