Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 
Bibliography Record
| x | Odell, Daniel Keith; Bossart, Gregory D.; Lowe, Mark T.; Hopkins, Thomas D. | ||
| 1995 | Reproduction of the West Indian manatee in captivity. [Abstr.] In: T. J. O'Shea, B. B. Ackerman, & H. F. Percival (eds.), Population biology of the Florida manatee (q.v.). Information & Technology Rept. (U.S. Dept. Interior, Natl. Biological Service) (vi + 289) 1: 192-193. Aug. 1995. –An earlier version of this abstr. appeared in O'Shea et al. (1992: 17-18). Notes that length of gestation is still imprecisely known (12-14 months); that females probably mate throughout pregnancy; that spermatogenic activity is low and births rare during December-February; that females who lost calves became pregnant again in a minimum of 2 months; and that birth intervals ranged from 14 to 103 months. | ||
Related Index Records
3 related index terms
Birth and Breeding
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Behavior, Sexual; Population Biology; Urogenital System)
| x | 1995 | Odell et al. (TM; in capt.; 192-193.) |
Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
| x | 1995 | Odell et al. (TM; reproduction; 192-193.) |
Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
| x | 1995 | Odell et al. (in capt.; reproduction; 192-193.) |