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.