Ageing in house sparrows is insensitive to environmental effects
M. Simons, I. Winney, A. Girndt, M. Rees, S. Nakagawa, J. Schroeder, T. Burke
This study shows that house sparrows exhibit similar mortality senescence in wild and captive settings, but lower frailty in captivity, suggesting species-specific ageing rates insensitive to environment.
bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2019 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology