Metabolic rate is negatively linked to adult survival but does not explain latitudinal differences in songbirds
A. J. Boyce, J. Mouton, P. Lloyd, B. Wolf, T. E. Martin
The paper examines the relationship between metabolic rate and survival in songbirds, finding that while higher metabolic rates correlate with lower survival, latitude has a stronger direct effect on survival independent of metabolism.
bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2019Evolutionary Biology