TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kohler, Iliana
A1  - Preston, Samuel
A1  - Lackey, Laurie Bingaman
T1  - Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals
Y1  - 2006/11/17
JF  - Demographic Research
JO  - Demographic Research
SN  - 1435-9871
SP  - 413
EP  - 434
DO  - 10.4054/DemRes.2006.15.14
VL  - 15
IS  - 14
UR  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol15/14/
L1  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol15/14/15-14.pdf
L2  - https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol15/14/15-14.pdf
N2  - 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 of the groups, female survivorship significantly exceeds that of males above age five. Wild-born animals do not have mortality that differs significantly from captive-born animals. While most species have mortality that rises with

age above the juvenile stage, there are several groups for which the age pattern of mortality is nearly level.

ER  -