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Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals by Péron, Guillaume, Lemaître, Jean-François, Ronget, Victor, Tidière, Morgane, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…The concept of actuarial senescence (defined here as the increase in mortality hazards with age) is often confounded with life span duration, which obscures…”
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No sex differences in adult telomere length across vertebrates: a meta-analysis by Remot, Florentin, Ronget, Victor, Froy, Hannah, Rey, Benjamin, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Nussey, Daniel H, Lemaître, Jean-François

“…In many mammalian species, females live on average longer than males. In humans, women have consistently longer telomeres than men, and this has led to…”
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Assessing the Diversity of the Form of Age-Specific Changes in Adult Mortality from Captive Mammalian Populations by Ronget, Victor, Lemaître, Jean-François, Tidière, Morgane, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…Actuarial senescence (i.e., the age-specific increase in mortality rate) is pervasive across mammalian species, but our current understanding of the diversity…”
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A Systematic Review of Within-Population Variation in the Size of Home Range Across Ungulates: What Do We Know After 50 Years of Telemetry Studies? by Seigle-Ferrand, Juliette, Atmeh, Kamal, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Ronget, Victor, Morellet, Nicolas, Garel, Mathieu, Loison, Anne, Yannic, Glenn

“…Studying the factors determining the sizes of home ranges, based on body mass, feeding style, and sociality level, is a long-standing goal at the intersection…”
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Long-lasting effects of the presence of male siblings in utero on subsequent reproductive performance by Douhard, Mathieu, Ronget, Victor, Douhard, Frédéric

“…Laboratory studies with rodents indicate that in utero proximity of a female to male foetus can affect female's subsequent reproduction due to elevated…”
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DOHaD: A Menagerie of Adaptations and Perspectives: Long-lasting effects of the presence of male siblings in utero on subsequent reproductive performance by Douhard, Mathieu, Ronget, Victor, Douhard, Frédéric

“…In brief In litter-bearing species, developing offspring can be exposed to different concentrations of androgens and oestrogens according to the sex of…”
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Sex differences in adult lifespan and aging rates of mortality across wild mammals by Lemaître, Jean-François, Ronget, Victor, Tidière, Morgane, Allainé, Dominique, Berger, Vérane, Cohas, Aurélie, Colchero, Fernando, Conde, Dalia A., Garratt, Michael, Liker, András, Marais, Gabriel A. B., Scheuerlein, Alexander, Székely, Tamás, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…In human populations, women consistently outlive men, which suggests profound biological foundations for sex differences in survival. Quantifying whether such…”
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Female reproductive senescence across mammals: A high diversity of patterns modulated by life history and mating traits by Lemaître, Jean-François, Ronget, Victor, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…•Reproductive senescence is widespread across mammals.•Onset and rate of reproduction are influenced by the phylogeny.•Onset and rate of reproduction vary with…”
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Assessing ageing patterns for comparative analyses of mortality curves: Going beyond the use of maximum longevity by Ronget, Victor, Gaillard, Jean‐Michel, Priest, Nick

“…An increasing number of studies have investigated the diversity of actuarial senescence (i.e. the increase of mortality with age) and mortality patterns in the…”
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Decline in telomere length with increasing age across nonhuman vertebrates: A meta‐analysis by Remot, Florentin, Ronget, Victor, Froy, Hannah, Rey, Benjamin, Gaillard, Jean‐Michel, Nussey, Daniel H., Lemaitre, Jean‐François

“…The prediction that telomere length (TL) shortens with increasing age is a major element in considering the role of telomeres as a key player in evolution…”
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Causes and consequences of variation in offspring body mass: meta‐analyses in birds and mammals by Ronget, Victor, Gaillard, Jean‐Michel, Coulson, Tim, Garratt, Michael, Gueyffier, François, Lega, Jean‐Christophe, Lemaître, Jean‐François

“…ABSTRACT Early survival is highly variable and strongly influences observed population growth rates in most vertebrate populations. One of the major potential…”
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Polyphenism predicts actuarial senescence and lifespan in tiger salamanders by Cayuela, Hugo, Lackey, Alycia C. R., Ronget, Victor, Monod‐Broca, Benjamin, Whiteman, Howard H.

“…Actuarial senescence (called ‘senescence’ hereafter) often shows broad variation at the intraspecific level. Phenotypic plasticity likely plays a central role…”
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The ‘Evo-Demo’ Implications of Condition-Dependent Mortality by Ronget, Victor, Garratt, Michael, Lemaître, Jean-François, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…Animals in the wild die from a variety of different mortality sources, including predation, disease, and starvation. Different mortality sources selectively…”
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The kinship matrix: inferring the kinship structure of a population from its demography by Coste, Christophe F. D., Bienvenu, François, Ronget, Victor, Ramirez‐Loza, Juan‐Pablo, Cubaynes, Sarah, Pavard, Samuel, Coulson, Tim

“…The familial structure of a population and the relatedness of its individuals are determined by its demography. There is, however, no general method to infer…”
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Is degree of sociality associated with reproductive senescence? A comparative analysis across birds and mammals by Vágási, Csongor I, Vincze, Orsolya, Lemaître, Jean-François, Pap, Péter L, Ronget, Victor, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…Our understanding on how widespread reproductive senescence is in the wild and how the onset and rate of reproductive senescence vary among species in relation…”
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Sex differences in adult lifespan and aging rate across mammals: A test of the ‘Mother Curse hypothesis’ by Cayuela, Hugo, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Vieira, Cristina, Ronget, Victor, Gippet, Jérôme M.W., Conde García, Thamar, Marais, Gabriel A.B., Lemaître, Jean-François

“…In many animal species, including humans, males have shorter lifespan and show faster survival aging than females. This differential increase in mortality…”
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Performance of generation time approximations for extinction risk assessments by Staerk, Johanna, Conde, Dalia A., Ronget, Victor, Lemaitre, Jean‐François, Gaillard, Jean‐Michel, Colchero, Fernando, Rhodes, Jonathan

“…Generation time is a fundamental component of extinction risk assessments for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened…”
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Does grandparental care select for a longer lifespan in non-human mammals? by Péron, Guillaume, Bonenfant, Christophe, Lemaitre, Jean-François, Ronget, Victor, Tidiere, Morgane, Gaillard, Jean-Michel

“…Abstract Several non-human mammalian species provide grandparental care but remain fertile until death, unlike our species. This might call into question the…”
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