T (2007) Predation by bears drives senescence in natural populations of salmon

• Main Authors: Stephanie M. Carlson, Ray Hilborn, Andrew P. Hendry, Thomas P. Quinn
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Sockeye; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.662.4929; http://redpath-staff.mcgill.ca/hendry/Carlson2007PLoSONE12,e1286.pdf

Classic evolutionary theory predicts that populations experiencing higher rates of environmentally caused (‘‘extrinsic’’) mortality should senesce more rapidly, but this theory usually neglects plausible relationships between an individual’s senescent condition and its susceptibility to extrinsic mo...