Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans

Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans

Abstract Background The existence of extended post-reproductive lifespan is an evolutionary puzzle, and its taxonomic prevalence is debated. One way of measuring post-reproductive life is with post-reproductive representation, the proportion of adult years lived by females after cessation of reprodu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Simon N. Chapman, John Jackson, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenperä
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Asian elephant
Demography
Fertility
Long-term data
Post-reproductive life
Reproductive cessation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1513-1

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-019-1513-1

Similar Items