Mating system, feeding type and ex situ conservation effort determine life expectancy in captive ruminants

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1714, 2011, Pages 2076-2080

  Müller, Dennis W H ^a   Lackey, Laurie Bingaman ^b   Streich, W Jürgen ^c   Fickel, Jörns ^c   Hatt, Jean Michel ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b International Species Information System   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal husbandry; Artiodactyls; Browser; Life expectancy; Sexual bias; Zoo

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BROWSING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RUMINANT; ZOO;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; RUMINANTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA;

EID: 79957644159     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2275     Document Type: Article

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