Data from: Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird
A higher proportion of long-lived animals die from senescence than short-lived animals, yet many long-lived homeotherms show few signs of physiological aging in the wild. This may, however, differ in long-lived diving homeotherms that frequently encounter hypoxic conditions and have very high metabo...
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ftdryad:oai:v1.datadryad.org:10255/dryad.66305 2023-05-15T15:55:43+02:00 Data from: Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird Elliott, Kyle H. Hare, James F. Le Vaillant, Maryline Gaston, Anthony J. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Anderson, W. Gary Hudson Bay Coats Island Canada 2014-07-18T18:14:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.66305 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/2 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/3 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/4 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/5 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/6 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/7 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/8 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/9 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/10 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/11 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/12 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/13 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/14 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/15 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/16 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737/17 doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12316 doi:10.5061/dryad.j7737 Elliott KH, Hare JF, Le Vaillant M, Gaston AJ, Ropert-Coudert Y, Anderson WG (2015) Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird. Functional Ecology 29(2): 219-228. http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.66305 diving resting metabolic rate behavioural senescence pace of life cost of hypoxia basal metabolic rate rate of living theory physiological senescence time-depth recorder accelerometer Thick-billed murre Article 2014 ftdryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737/1 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737/2 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737/3 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737/4 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j7737/5 https://doi.org/1 2020-01-01T15:09:35Z A higher proportion of long-lived animals die from senescence than short-lived animals, yet many long-lived homeotherms show few signs of physiological aging in the wild. This may, however, differ in long-lived diving homeotherms that frequently encounter hypoxic conditions and have very high metabolic rates. To examine aging within a long-lived diving homeotherm, we studied resting metabolism and thyroid hormones (N = 43), blood oxygen stores (N = 93), and foraging behaviour (N = 230) of thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Because murres dive exceptionally deep for their size and have a very high metabolism, we expected that aging murres would show signs of physiological senescence. We paid particular attention to resting metabolism as we argue that these maintenance costs reflect those experienced during deep dives. Blood oxygen stores (hematocrit), resting metabolic rate and thyroid hormone levels all declined significantly with age in incubating murres 3-30 years of age. In birds measured longitudinally three years apart, thyroid hormone levels and hematocrit were both significantly lower, suggesting progressive changes within individuals rather than selective disappearance of individuals with high metabolic rates. Within our longitudinal dataset, we found no effect of age on dive depth, dive shape, or behavioural aerobic dive limit. A meta-analysis of changes in resting metabolism with age across 15 animal species demonstrated that such declines are pervasive across most of the kingdom. The rate of decline was highest in species with high energy expenditure supporting a linkage between metabolism and senescence. Physiological changes occurred in tandem with advancing age in murres, but offset each other such that there was no detectable decline in behavioural performance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Coats Island Hudson Bay thick-billed murre Uria lomvia uria Dryad Digital Repository (Duke University) Hudson Bay Canada Hudson Coats Island ENVELOPE(-82.974,-82.974,62.620,62.620) |
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diving resting metabolic rate behavioural senescence pace of life cost of hypoxia basal metabolic rate rate of living theory physiological senescence time-depth recorder accelerometer Thick-billed murre Elliott, Kyle H. Hare, James F. Le Vaillant, Maryline Gaston, Anthony J. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Anderson, W. Gary Data from: Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird |
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A higher proportion of long-lived animals die from senescence than short-lived animals, yet many long-lived homeotherms show few signs of physiological aging in the wild. This may, however, differ in long-lived diving homeotherms that frequently encounter hypoxic conditions and have very high metabolic rates. To examine aging within a long-lived diving homeotherm, we studied resting metabolism and thyroid hormones (N = 43), blood oxygen stores (N = 93), and foraging behaviour (N = 230) of thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia). Because murres dive exceptionally deep for their size and have a very high metabolism, we expected that aging murres would show signs of physiological senescence. We paid particular attention to resting metabolism as we argue that these maintenance costs reflect those experienced during deep dives. Blood oxygen stores (hematocrit), resting metabolic rate and thyroid hormone levels all declined significantly with age in incubating murres 3-30 years of age. In birds measured longitudinally three years apart, thyroid hormone levels and hematocrit were both significantly lower, suggesting progressive changes within individuals rather than selective disappearance of individuals with high metabolic rates. Within our longitudinal dataset, we found no effect of age on dive depth, dive shape, or behavioural aerobic dive limit. A meta-analysis of changes in resting metabolism with age across 15 animal species demonstrated that such declines are pervasive across most of the kingdom. The rate of decline was highest in species with high energy expenditure supporting a linkage between metabolism and senescence. Physiological changes occurred in tandem with advancing age in murres, but offset each other such that there was no detectable decline in behavioural performance. |
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Elliott, Kyle H. Hare, James F. Le Vaillant, Maryline Gaston, Anthony J. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Anderson, W. Gary |
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Elliott, Kyle H. Hare, James F. Le Vaillant, Maryline Gaston, Anthony J. Ropert-Coudert, Yan Anderson, W. Gary |
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Data from: Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird |
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Data from: Ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird |
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data from: ageing gracefully: physiology but not behaviour changes with age in a diving seabird |
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