Environmental, not individual, factors drive markers of biological aging in black bears

The diet of black bears tracks the human footprint across a rapidly developing landscape

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Lifelong leukocyte telomere dynamics and survival in a free-living mammal

(2015) Jennifer Fairlie et al.   AGING CELL

Socioecological variables predict telomere length in wild spotted hyenas

(2015) N. Lewin et al.   Biology Letters

Thermoregulation and energetics in hibernating black bears: metabolic rate and the mystery of multi-day body temperature cycles

(2015) Øivind Tøien et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

On being the right size: increased body size is associated with reduced telomere length under natural conditions

(2015) Thor Harald Ringsby et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cyanobacteria as biological drivers of lake nitrogen and phosphorus cycling

(2015) Kathryn L. Cottingham et al.   Ecosphere

Stochasticity in Natural Forage Production Affects Use of Urban Areas by Black Bears: Implications to Management of Human-Bear Conflicts

(2014) Sharon Baruch-Mordo et al.   PLoS One

Age-Related Declines and Disease-Associated Variation in Immune Cell Telomere Length in a Wild Mammal

(2014) Christopher Beirne et al.   PLoS One

Environmental perturbations influence telomere dynamics in long-lived birds in their natural habitat

(2013) Y. Mizutani et al.   Biology Letters

Seasonal variation in telomere length of a hibernating rodent

(2013) C. Turbill et al.   Biology Letters

Telomere length, non-breeding habitat and return rate in male American redstarts

(2013) Frédéric Angelier et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Age, Sex, and Telomere Dynamics in a Long-Lived Seabird with Male-Biased Parental Care

(2013) Rebecca C. Young et al.   PLoS One

Telomeres shorten at equivalent rates in somatic tissues of adults

(2013) Lily Daniali et al.   Nature Communications

Senescence in natural populations of animals: Widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology

(2012) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

Empirical evaluation of humpback whale telomere length estimates; quality control and factors causing variability in the singleplex and multiplex qPCR methods

(2012) Morten Olsen et al.   BMC GENETICS

Senescence and age-specific trade-offs between reproduction and survival in female Asian elephants

(2012) Matthew R. Robinson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A model of canine leukocyte telomere dynamics

(2011) Athanase Benetos et al.   AGING CELL

Sex differences in telomeres and lifespan

(2011) Emma L. B. Barrett et al.   AGING CELL

Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination

(2011) Nuno M. V. Gomes et al.   AGING CELL

Daily torpor is associated with telomere length change over winter in Djungarian hamsters

(2011) C. Turbill et al.   Biology Letters

Senescence of the cellular immune response in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) Danielle K. Mackenzie et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Chasing telomeres, not red herrings, in evolutionary ecology

(2011) S Smith et al.   HEREDITY

DNA-based approach to aging martens (Martes americanaandM. caurina)

(2011) Jonathan N. Pauli et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Telomere Dynamics in Rhesus Monkeys: No Apparent Effect of Caloric Restriction

(2011) D. L. Smith et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Telomere length and age in pinnipeds: The endangered Australian sea lion as a case study

(2011) Christopher Izzo et al.   MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE

Sexual differences in telomere selection in the wild

(2011) MATS OLSSON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Telomeres as age markers in vertebrate molecular ecology

(2011) GLENN DUNSHEA et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Inheritance of Telomere Length in a Bird

(2011) Thorsten Horn et al.   PLoS One

Hibernation is associated with increased survival and the evolution of slow life histories among mammals

(2011) C. Turbill et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Hibernation in Black Bears: Independence of Metabolic Suppression from Body Temperature

(2011) O. Toien et al.   SCIENCE

Telomeres and life histories: the long and the short of it

(2010) Pat Monaghan   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Crossing the great divide: telomeres and ecology

(2010) P Monaghan   HEREDITY

The use of telomere length in ecology and evolutionary biology

(2010) T Horn et al.   HEREDITY

Denning Chronology of Black Bears in Eastern Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado

(2010) Roger A. Baldwin et al.   WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST

Black Bear Population Genetics in California: Signatures of Population Structure, Competitive Release, and Historical Translocation

(2009) Sarah K. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Telomere length measurement by a novel monochrome multiplex quantitative PCR method

(2009) R. M. Cawthon   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Amplification efficiency: linking baseline and bias in the analysis of quantitative PCR data

(2009) J. M. Ruijter et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Elevated expression of protein biosynthesis genes in liver and muscle of hibernating black bears (Ursus americanus)

(2009) Vadim B. Fedorov et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

Short Telomeres in Hatchling Snakes: Erythrocyte Telomere Dynamics and Longevity in Tropical Pythons

(2009) Beata Ujvari et al.   PLoS One

Housing growth in and near United States protected areas limits their conservation value

(2009) V. C. Radeloff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Telomere dynamics rather than age predict life expectancy in the wild

(2009) P. Bize et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Do baseline glucocorticoids predict fitness?

(2009) Frances Bonier et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Torpor induction in mammals: recent discoveries fueling new ideas

(2009) Richard G. Melvin et al.   TRENDS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

The oxidative stress theory of aging: embattled or invincible? Insights from non-traditional model organisms

(2008) Rochelle Buffenstein et al.   AGE

ANIMAL HABITAT QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: EXPLORING SEASONAL PATTERNS USING NDVI

(2008) Thorsten Wiegand et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Telomere length assessment: Biomarker of chronic oxidative stress?

(2007) Joyce M.J. Houben et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE