… Our triptych showed that tropical birds had a reduced BMR, compelling evidence for a
connection between the life history of tropical birds and a slow pace of life. Further, tropical …

… low rate of basal metabolism in tropical birds and the small size of their central organs. Further,
we offer compelling evidence that the low PMR of tropical birds can be explained, at least …

… focus of research on tropical birds. Clutch size manipulations … the commonly observed ‘slow
pace of life’ in tropical birds. The … life history traits of tropical birds, their slow pace of life, their …

… over, is lower in sedentary tropical than in north-temperate … tropical birds may have important
implications for slow development, delayed senescence and high longevity in many tropical …

… whether BMR is lower in tropical birds than in temperate birds, another ‘pace of life’ prediction
that … Our latitudinal comparison supports the ‘slow pace of life’ concept for tropical species (…

… that tropical birds grow more slowly than … that tropical birds with their slow pace of life might
invest more resources into cellular maintenance than do temperate birds with their fast pace …

… On the life history continuum, migratory temperate zone birds live a fast pace of life (low
survival and high reproductive effort), while tropical resident birds live a slow pace of life (high …

… slow pace of life tend to have increased life spans. To understand the mechanisms responsible
for a reduced rate of metabolism in tropical birds … that tropical birds lie on the slow end of …

… BMR in tropical birds is not functionally linked to their ‘slow pace of life’ and instead may
be a consequence of differences in annual thermal conditions experienced by tropical versus …

… temperate birds, tropical lowland birds generally lie at the slow … referred to as the “slow pace
of life”) in tropical species (20). Both … the pace of life and both reproductive rate and survival. …