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Rare catastrophic events drive population dynamics in a bat species with negligible senescence

Bats are remarkably long-lived with lifespans exceeding even those of same-sized birds. Despite a recent interest in the extraordinary longevity of bats very little is known about the shape of mortality over age, and how mortality rates are affected by the environment. Using a large set of individua...

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Autores principales: Fleischer, Toni, Gampe, Jutta, Scheuerlein, Alexander, Kerth, Gerald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28779071
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06392-9