Reproductive life history of Thornicroft's giraffe in Zambia

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 535-538

  Bercovitch, Fred B ^a   Berry, Philip S M ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Giraffe; Interbirth interval; Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAPTIVITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; INFANT MORTALITY; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RUMINANT; SURVIVORSHIP; WILD POPULATION;

ZAMBIA;

GIRAFFIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953702074     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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