AnAge entry for Larus argentatus
Classification (HAGRID: 00400)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves (Taxon entry)
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
- Species
- Larus argentatus
- Common name
- Herring gull
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- IMR
- 0.004/year
- MRDT
- 6 years
- Maximum longevity
- 49 years
- Source
- Multiple references, please see bibliography below
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- Not yet available
- Basal metabolic rate
- 4.8170 W
- Body mass
- 1000.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.004817 W/g
References
- [1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
- [0820] John Dunning (2008), CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
- [0435] McKechnie and Wolf (2004), The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: good predictions need good data (PubMed)
- [0061] Monaghan and Metcalfe (2000), Genome size and longevity (PubMed)
- [0732] Starck and Ricklefs (1998), Avian growth rate data set
- [0002] Caleb Finch (1990), Longevity, Senescence, and the Genome
- [0444] John Terres (1980), The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds
- [0436] Cutler (1979), Evolution of human longevity: a critical overview (PubMed)
- [0445] The Birds of North America Online
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 176824
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 35669
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
- Search Google