Female age-specific reproductive rates, birth seasonality, and infant mortality of ring-tailed lemurs on St. Catherines Island: 17-Year reproductive history of a free-ranging colony

Zoo Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-309

  Parga, Joyce A ^a   Lessnau, Robert G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^c Armstrong State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Female reproductive success; Infants; Lemur catta; Provisioning; Reproduction; St. Catherines Island

Indexed keywords

LEMUR CATTA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 27544483643     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20062     Document Type: Article

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