Reproduction in Some Ungulates in Southern Rhodesia

Autor:	Archie S. Mossman, Raymond F. Dasmann
Rok vydání:	1962
Předmět:	Ecology media_common.quotation_subject Biology biology.organism_classification Breed Wildebeest Duiker biology.animal Genetics Animal Science and Zoology Reproduction Plant phenology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Mammalogy. 43:533-537
ISSN:	0022-2372 1545-1542
DOI:	10.2307/1376916
Popis:	Information is presented on breeding seasons and reproduction of ungulates in the Henderson Ranch area in Southern Rhodesia. Some species, the impala, warthog, kudu, waterbuck, wildebeest, giraffe and perhaps eland, appear to be seasonal in the production of young. However, these species differ in the time when young are produced, and together show no correlation with the plant phenology of the area. Species which breed through the year, but may have a seasonal peak, are the zebra, duiker and steenbuck. With the exception of the warthog, all of the species observed produced one young per year. The writers believe that duiker and steenbuck produce their first young at one year of age; impala, warthog, kudu and probably waterbuck and wildebeest at two years; eland, and probably zebra and giraffe at three years.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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