Age-related variation in foraging behaviour in the wandering albatross at South Georgia: no evidence for senescence.

Age-related variation in demographic rates is now widely documented in wild vertebrate systems, and has significant consequences for population and evolutionary dynamics. However, the mechanisms underpinning such variation, particularly in later life, are less well understood. Foraging efficiency is...

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Main Authors: Hannah Froy, Sue Lewis, Paulo Catry, Charles M Bishop, Isaac P Forster, Akira Fukuda, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Ben Phalan, Jose C Xavier, Daniel H Nussey, Richard A Phillips
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4289070?pdf=render