Comparative survival analyses among captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in America and Japan.

ABSTRACT: Detailed, long-term datasets on the life histories of long-lived species such as great apes are necessary to understand their survival patterns but are relatively rare. Such information requires prolonged and consistent record-keeping over many generations, so for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes), this equates to many decades of input. As life history variables can be altered by differences in environmental influences (whether natural or artificial), there is substantial value to being able to compare across populations. Here, we present the first comparative analysis of life history data for two ex situ chimpanzee populations residing in North America (1975-2020; n = 730) and Japan (1980-2020; n = 660). Overall, survival patterns were similar between regions, and the med

SUBMITTER: Che-Castaldo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8364750 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature