Testing ‘Proportion of Females Calving’ as an indicator for population-level reproductive performance for black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

The proportion of females calving (PFC) each year has been employed as an indicator of population reproductive performance in ungulates, especially for species that breed annually, because it requires less detailed population data than inter-birthing intervals and age at first reproduction. For asyn...

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Main Authors: Peter R. Law, Brad Fike
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5430.pdf