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Dying without wings
Natalie CooperTrinity College Dublin
@nhcooper123
Kevin Healy @healyke
…in this world nothing can be
said to be certain, except
death and taxes…
Benjamin Franklin@benfranklin
There is great variation in the
lifespans of living things…
How can we explain this variation?
Body Mass…
log(Lifespan) = log(a) +blog(Body
mass)
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Why do some species live longer than
expected given their body size?
A quick side step into life history
theory…
Why do species have different
life history strategies?
Variations in extrinsic
mortality…
Species with adaptations that reduce extrinsic mortality should have longer lifespans than expected given their
body mass
How can species reduce their extrinsic
mortality?
Flight?
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Activity period?
Foraging environment?
Burrowing?
Burrowing?
We tested our predictions on 779 mammals and 546 birds