Reproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lahdenperä, Mirkka ^a   Mar, Khyne U ^b   Lummaa, Virpi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age specific fertility; Ageing; Reproduction; Senescence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 84906828747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12983-014-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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