Fertility and mortality patterns of captive Bornean and Sumatran orangutans: is there a species difference in life history?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-42

  Anderson, Holly B ^a   Emery Thompson, Melissa ^a   Knott, Cheryl D ^a   Perkins, Lori ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interbirth intervals; Reproductive ecology; Reproductive parameters

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERTILITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS; SIMIIFORMES;

EID: 38349129063     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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