High mortality and annual fecundity in a free-ranging basal placental mammal, Setifer setosus (Tenrecidae: Afrosoricida)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-212

  Levesque, D L ^a   Lovasoa, O M A ^b   Rakotoharimalala, S N ^b   Lovegrove, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Life history; Mass; Mortality; Reproduction; Seasonality; Tenrec; Tenrecinae

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY SEASON; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; HIBERNATION; LIFE HISTORY; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PARTURITION; WEANING;

MADAGASCAR;

AFROTHERIA; EUTHERIA; GEOGALE AURITA; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SETIFER; TENREC; TENRECIDAE; TENRECINAE;

EID: 84886088943     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12063     Document Type: Article

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