Authors contribution
HYJC, HLD and JS conceptualized the study. NdR and MEM conducted the
telomere measurements, and JS and TB curated the telomere and life
history datasets. HYJC compiled the datasets used for this study,
conducted the statistical analysis and wrote the initial draft of the
manuscript, with input from HLD and JS. All authors contributed to the
revision of the manuscript and agreed on the final version of the
manuscript to be published.