Comparative mortality levels among selected species of captive animals

Iliana Kohler, Samuel H. Preston and Laurie Bingaman Lackey
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Iliana Kohler: University of Pennsylvania
Samuel H. Preston: University of Pennsylvania
Laurie Bingaman Lackey: International Species Information System - ISIS

Demographic Research, 2006, vol. 15, issue 14, pages 413-434

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: ISIS; longevity; mortality; survivorship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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