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Subject Index 



Lifespan 



of sparrows, 99 



of Sterna hirundo, 97-99 



of Strix aluco, 99 



of swifts, 100, 103, 104 



of terns, 97-99, 104 



of tits, 100 



of trout, 265 



of ungulates, 91-95 



relationship to index of cephalization, 

 123-125 



relationship with growth, 160-166 

 Life tables, 9-11 



limitations of, 11-12, 18 

 Liver, in fish, 215-216, 227 

 Longevity {see also Lifespan) 



onset of disease and, 72-89 

 Look-down, lifespan of, 221 

 Lovettia seali, mortahty rate of, 146 

 Lung disease, in rats, 82 

 Lungfish, lifespan of, 224 



Mackerel, lifespan and size of, 1 54 

 Makeham's Law, 2, 302 

 Malayan flying barb, lifespan of, 224 

 Mallotus villosiis, mortality rate of, 146 

 Mammals, arteriosclerosis in, 109 



lifespan of in Nature, 90-105 



life tables of, 117-118 



relationship of brain and body weight to 

 lifespan, 115-139 

 Man, disease in, effect on lifespan, 72- 

 89 



lifetime energy expenditure of, 127 

 Mandibular glands, in bees, 233 

 Maternal age, effect on lifespan, 23-27, 



31,32 

 Meal worm, effect of paternal age on life- 

 span, 262 

 Megadyptes antipodes, lifespan of, 100 

 Melanogrammus aeglefinis, fecundity of, 

 198-200 



sex organs in, 190 

 Metabolic disease, in fish, 216 

 Metabolism, effect on hfespan, 103-104, 



124-126, 129, 136-137, 169-170 

 Mice, amyloidosis in, 80-81 



effect of diet on, 79-80 



lifespan of, 287 



white-footed, lifespan of, 95-96 

 Miller's thumb, lifespan of, 223 

 Minerals, in pollen, 237 

 Minnow, lifespan and size of, 1 52 

 Mitotic inhibitors, 136 

 Molecular chanjges in ageing, 129-131 

 Monkeys, arteriosclerosis in, 108 

 Moonfish, lifespan of, 221 

 Mortality, relation with age and growth, 



160-166 



theory of, 127-129 

 Mortality rates, 286-296 



laws governing, 2-5 



mathematical models for, 302-311 



sex difi"erences in, 81 



Mosquito, effect of diet on, 255 



lifespan of, 105 

 Mosquito fish, mortality rates of, 167 



reproduction and senescence in, 187- 

 189 

 Mothers, age of, effect on lifespan, 23-27, 



31,32 

 Mugiloidei, lifespan and size of, 154 

 Musca domestica {see Housefly) 

 Muscular degeneration, 77 



in rats, 74-76 

 Muskallunge, lifespan of, 222 

 Myocardial degeneration, 77 



in rats, 74-76 

 Myotis mystacinus, lifespan of, 97 



Neoplasia, in fish, 216, 226 



Neothunnas macropterus, fecundity of, 193 



Nephrosis, in man, 77 



in rats, 74-76, 83 

 Nerve cells, in bees, 234, 244 

 Nitrogen, in pollen, 236 



Odocoileus hemionus, lifespan of, 92-94 

 Oncorhynchus nerka, fecundity in, 197- 

 198 



growth of, 156, 157, 158 

 Oncorhynchus spp., mortality rates of, 



145 

 Ophiocephaliformes, lifespan of, 224 

 Orange chromide, Hfespan of, 224 

 Ovaries, effect of age on in fish, 201 



growth of in herring, 195 



in bees, 233, 235, 237, 238, 239, 243 



of Drosophila, 275-277, 285 



in fish, 193 



changes due to age, 182 

 Overwintering, 232-234, 240 

 Ovis dalli, lifespan of, 92-94 

 Owls, lifespan of, 99 



Palometa, lifespan of, 220 

 Parasites, in fish, 213-216, 228 

 Parental age, effect on fertility of off- 

 spring, 56 



effect on lifespan, 21-34, 43-47, 53, 

 259-262 

 Parental death, in fish, 189 

 Parrots, arteriosclerosis in, 109, 110 

 Par us major, lifespan of, 100 

 Passer domesticus, lifespan of, 99 

 Passeres, arteriosclerosis in, 109 

 Passerines, lifespan of, 99-100 

 Pelecaniformes, mortality rate of, 101 

 Pelicans, arteriosclerosis in, 109 

 Penguin, mortality rate of, 100 

 Perca fluviatilis, survival curves of, 143, 



144 

 Perch, effect of diet, 178 



lifespan and size of, 154, 220, 223 



survival curves of, 143, 144, 145 

 Perciformes, lifespan of, 220, 223, 224 

 Percoidei, lifespan and size of, 1 54 

 Peromyscus leucopus, lifespan of, 95-96 



