We provide male and female census count data, age-specific survivorship,
and female age-specific fertility estimates for populations of seven wild
primates that have been continuously monitored for at least 29 years:
sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in Madagascar; muriqui (Brachyteles
hypoxanthus) in Brazil; capuchin (Cebus capucinus) in Costa Rica; baboon
(Papio cynocephalus) and blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) in Kenya;
chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Tanzania; and gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
in Rwanda. Using one-year age-class intervals, we computed point estimates
of age-specific survival for both sexes. In all species, our survival
estimates for the dispersing sex are affected by heavy censoring. We also
calculated reproductive value, life expectancy, and mortality hazards for
females. We used bootstrapping to place confidence intervals on life-table
summary metrics (R0, the net reproductive rate; λ, the population growth
rate; and G, the generation time). These data have high potential for
reuse; they derive from continuous population monitoring of long-lived
organisms and will be invaluable for addressing questions about
comparative demography, primate conservation and human evolution. Female and male life
tables for seven wild primate speciesTable 2A. Female life
tables for 7 species of wild primates. Table 2B. Male survival tables for
7 species of wild primates. Table 3. Female summary demographic statistics
for 7 species of wild primates. Table 4. How to convert a life table to a
Leslie matrix; an example using the female baboon life
table.Bronikowski.LifeTables.SciData2016.xlsx