Reproductive parameters of female orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) 1971-2011, a 40-year study at Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Primates

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Galdikas, Biruté Mary ^a   Ashbury, Alison ^b,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Orangutan Foundation International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age at first reproduction; Interbirth interval; Life history; Mortality rates; Orangutans; Rehabilitation; Reproductive parameters

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE HISTORY; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEMALE; INDONESIA; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEX RATIO;

CENTRAL KALIMANTAN; INDONESIA; TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK;

IBIS; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 84871666811     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-012-0331-5     Document Type: Article

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