Temperate birds tend to have a fast pace of life and short life spans with high reproductive
output, whereas tropical birds tend to have a slower pace of life, invest fewer resources in …

Animal life-history traits fall within limited ecological space with animals that have high
reproductive rates having short lives, a continuum referred to as a “slow-fast” life-history axis …

Mitochondrial respiration releases reactive oxygen species (ROS) as by-products that can
damage the soma and may in turn accelerate ageing. Hence, according to “the oxidative …

Birds have a maximum longevity (MLSP) much greater than mammals of similar metabolic
rate and body size. Thus, they are ideal models to identify longevity characteristics not linked …

Most of the energy fluxes supporting animal performance flow through mitochondria. Hence,
inter-individual differences in performance might be rooted in inter-individual variations in …

In general, tropical birds have a “slow pace of life,” lower rates of whole-animal metabolism
and higher survival rates, than temperate species. A fundamental challenge facing …

For vertebrates, body mass underlies much of the variation in metabolism, but among
animals of the same body mass, metabolism varies six-fold. Understanding how natural …

The most studied comparison of aging and maximum lifespan potential (MLSP) among
endotherms involves the 7-fold longevity difference between rats (MLSP 5y) and pigeons …

The aim of this investigation was to study the connection between body size, fatty acid
composition and sensitivity to lipid peroxidation of heart mitochondria and microsomes …

Attributes of an animal's life history, such as reproductive rate or longevity, typically fall along
a 'slow–fast'continuum. Animals at the fast end of this continuum, such as temperate birds …