Dear all,
I am preparing a quantitative genetics post-doc project on age-related dynamics in vertebrates (probably only birds in a first instance) and there is a strong bias in the suitable datasets toward temperate and polar species. I am thus wondering whether anyone would have suitable datasets on tropical species. The main criteria would be a good pedigree (even if only a social pedigree) for the population and a time span sufficient to have individuals of known age measured in their late life.
I would be happy to describe the aims and methodology of the project in more details and discuss a collaboration with interested people.
Thanks for your help!
I think you need to begin from the end of previous studies for certain species .
Nature Uganda has some monitoring data sets on birds within Important Bird Areas. Worthwhile checking with them, just in case they have suitable data.
Albatross in NW Hawaiian islands. Darwin's finches. I think there is blue footed booby data from Galapagos. Not my studies but i have heard about these in talks.
It sounds to me like you need to be searching for long-term studies on your species of interest, and that there might be more of what you're looking for in the gray literature than in the primary literature. Have you tried direct queries to field stations and NGOs in your region of interest? How about banding/ringing databases? Folks at the North American Banding Council (http://www.nabanding.net/) might have insights, as might people you can access via the Ornithology Exchange (http://ornithologyexchange.org/). You can find references for life history information of birds worldwide here: http://www.hbw.com/. Lastly, this reference was just made public, but it's North American birds: http://www.vitalratesofnorthamericanlandbirds.org/.
Good luck!
~tim
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