DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF LIFE HISTORY VARIATION IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES (POPULATION ECOLOGY, LESLIE MATRIX)
The delay in age at maturity associated with increased behavioral flexibility and prolonged life span in nonhuman primates is a potential demographic trap. In order to offset the lower reproductive rates and longer generation times, long-lived species must alter other aspects of their life histories...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
1986
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8701208 |