Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals

We present life tables by single year of age and sex for groups of animals and for 42 individual mostly mammalian species. Data are derived from the International Species Information System. The survivorship of most of these species has never been mapped systematically. We demonstrate that, in most...

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Main Authors: Samuel H. Preston, Laurie Bingaman Lackey, Iliana Kohler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2006-11-01
Series:Demographic Research
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Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol15/14/