Females better face senescence in the wandering albatross

• Published in: Oecologia Vol. 173; no. 4; pp. 1283 - 1294
• Main Authors: Pardo, Deborah, Barbraud, Christophe, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.12.2013; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: adults; Age; Aging; Animal and plant ecology; Animal breeding; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Aves; Aviculture; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Birds; Birds - physiology; Breeding; Breeding success; death; Demography; Diomedea exulans; Ecological life histories; Ecology; Environment; Environmental Sciences; Female; Female animals; Females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; gender differences; General aspects; Hatching; Hydrology/Water Resources; Life history; Life Sciences; longevity; Male; Male animals; males; Marine; Mating behavior; Models, Biological; physiology; Plant Sciences; POPULATION ECOLOGY; Population ecology - Original research; probability; Reproduction; Sex Characteristics; sex ratio; Sexual reproduction; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Breeding probability; Senescence; Breeding success; Capture–mark–recapture; Seabird; Sexual dimorphism; Survival; Vertebrata; Reproduction; Diomedea exulans; Capture recapture method; Capture―mark―recapture; Female; Aves; Capture-mark-recapture

Sex differences in lifespan and aging are wide-spread among animals. Since investment in current reproduction can have consequences on other life-history traits, the sex with the highest cost of breeding is expected to suffer from an earlier and/or stronger senescence. This has been demonstrated in...