Title
Reproductive biology of female Amazonian brocket deer in northeastern Peru
Date Issued
01 August 2006
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hurtado-Gonzales J.L.
University of Kent
Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide information on the reproductive biology of brocket deer. Hence, we analyzed female reproductive tracts collected by rural hunters from 1991 to 1998 in the Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Communal Reserve, northeastern Peruvian Amazon. We characterized the basic reproductive biology of brocket deer, analyzed whether the distributions of conceptions and births are aseasonal, and compared their reproductive productivity in two different areas subject to heavy and slight hunting pressures, respectively. We found that: (1) red and gray brocket deer did not differ in ovulation, fertilization, and pregnancy rates; (2) average number of fetuses per birth was 1.2 for red brocket deer and one for gray brocket deer; (3) sex of fetuses suggests a male biased sex ratio for both species; (4) neither species shows reproductive seasonality; and (5) gross productivity does not differ between heavily and slightly hunted areas. Our results indicate that brocket deer exhibit reproductive characteristics similar to their conspecifics in other parts of their native distribution range. © Springer-Verlag 2006.
Start page
171
End page
177
Volume
52
Issue
3
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología reproductiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33745685623
Source
European Journal of Wildlife Research
Resource of which it is part
European Journal of Wildlife Research
ISSN of the container
16124642
DOI of the container
10.1007/s10344-006-0034-6
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