Animal response to stressors such as harsh environmental conditions and demanding
biological processes requires energy generated through increased mitochondrial activity …

Telomere length (TL) has become a biomarker of increasing interest within ecology and
evolutionary biology, and has been found to predict subsequent survival in some recent …

Following the discoveries of telomeres and of their implications in terms of health and
ageing, there has been a growing interest into the study of telomere dynamics in wild …

Various biological attributes associated with individual fitness in animals change predictably
over the lifespan of an organism. Therefore, the study of animal ecology and the work of …

Poor conditions during early development can initiate trade‐offs that favour current survival
at the expense of somatic maintenance and subsequently, future reproduction. However, the …

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. While telomere attrition is …

Reproduction, a basic property of biological life, entails costs for an organism, ultimately
detectable as reduction in survival prospects. Telomeres are an excellent candidate …

Individual variation in survival probability due to differential responses to early‐life
environmental conditions is important in the evolution of life histories and senescence. A …

The mechanisms that contribute to variation in lifetime reproductive success are not well
understood. One possibility is that telomeres, conserved DNA sequences at chromosome …

Research on telomeres in the fields of ecology and evolution has been rapidly expanding
over the last two decades. This has resulted in the formulation of a multitude of, often name …