The extent to which the age of parents at reproduction can affect offspring lifespan and other
fitness-related traits is important in our understanding of the selective forces sha** life …

Fisher's fundamental theorem states that natural selection improves mean fitness. Fitness, in
turn, is often equated with population growth. This leads to an absurd prediction that life …

Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds, Second Edition provides the most updated and
comprehensive review on the evolution of behavior in tropical landbirds. The book reviews …

Telomere length and telomere shortening predict survival in many organisms. This raises
the question of the contribution of genetic and environmental effects to variation in these …

Early‐life conditions impact fitness, but whether the combined effect of extrinsic stressors is
additive or synergistic is not well known. This is a major knowledge gap because exposure …

Telomeres are specialized non-coding DNA sequences located at the end of chromosomes
and that protect genetic information. Telomere loss over lifespan is generally viewed as a …

Longevity is highly variable among animal species and has coevolved with other life‐history
traits, such as body size and rates of reproduction. Telomeres, through their erosion over …

The terminal investment, reproductive restraint or senescence theories may explain
individual late‐life patterns of reproduction. The terminal investment hypothesis predicts that …

Old parental age is commonly associated with negative effects on offspring life-history traits.
Such parental senescence effects are predicted to have a cumulative detrimental effect over …

Actuarial senescence, the decline of survival with age, is well documented in the wild. Rates
of senescence vary widely between taxa, to some extent also between sexes, with the …