Table 4.
Number of species indicating the origin (captive, wild, or/and unknown) from which demographic measures or rates were estimated for all tetrapods
Demographic measure | Origin/no. of species | ||
Fertility | Wild | Captive | Unknown |
Age at first reproduction | 1,222 | 43 | 4,114 |
Interlitter/interbirth interval | 402 | 10 | 1,256 |
Litter/clutch size | 2,413 | 31 | 13,735 |
Proportion of reproductive females | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Recruitment | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Age- or stage-specific fertility rates | 416 | 14 | 22 |
Survival | |||
Maximum recorded life span | 1,483 | 2,358 | 5,128 |
Mean age of (adult) population | 0 | 0 | 114 |
Crude mortality | 1,055 | 13 | 229 |
Age- or stage-specific death rate | 580 | 48 | 26 |
A single species may have data from different origins.