Distorted sex ratio at birth in the captive pygmy hippopotamus, Hexaprotodon liberiensis

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 674-681

  Zschokke, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Feeding intensity; Pygmy hippopotamus; Selective abortion; Sex ratio; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; FEEDING; SEX RATIO; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPROTODON; HEXAPROTODON LIBERIENSIS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036669950     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0674:DSRABI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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