عنوان

Ecology of reproduction in wild and domestic mammals.

شابک

9401165270

شابک

9789401165273

شماره

b595996

عنوان اصلي

Ecology of reproduction in wild and domestic mammals.

نام عام مواد

[Book]

نام نخستين پديدآور

R M Sadler

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

[Place of publication not identified]

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Springer

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2013

متن يادداشت

One Puberty.- 1. Ecological factors in the attainment of puberty: Introduction.- 2. The effects of light on the onset of puberty.- 3. The effects of temperature on the onset of puberty.- 4. The effects of nutrition on the onset of puberty.- 5. The effects of 'density' and social factors on the onset of puberty.- 6. Delayed puberty.- 7. Miscellaneous factors in the attainment of puberty.- Two The Breeding Season.- 8. Ecological factors and the breeding season: Introduction.- 9. The effects of light on the breeding season.- A. The pattern of seasonal variation of light at different latitudes.- B. Observations on non-experimental animals suggesting the effects of light.- C. The experimental alteration of light regimes and their effects on breeding.- D. The role of an inherent annual rhythm in the maintenance of the breeding season.- 10. The effects of temperature on the breeding season.- A. Introduction: the separation of climatic variables.- B. The presence of winter breeding.- C. The effects of temperature on breeding.- D. The effects of the experimental alteration of temperatures on breeding.- E. The effects of temperature and its experimental manipulation on male fertility.- F. The relationship of hibernation to the breeding season.- 11. The effects of rainfall and nutrition on the breeding season.- A. Introduction.- B. The effects of precipitation on breeding.- C. The effects of precipitation and/or nutrition on breeding.- D. The effects of nutrition alone on breeding.- E. Experimental investigations into the effects of nutrition on breeding.- F. The effects of nutrition on male fertility.- 12. The effects of minor ecological factors on the breeding season.- A. The effects of altitude.- B. The phenomenon of interrupted breeding seasons.- C. Migration and breeding.- D. Breeding as affected by lunar variations.- E. The role of the male in breeding.- F. The effects of lactation.- Three Pregnancy.- 13. The effects of temperature on pregnancy.- 14. The effects of nutrition on pregnancy.- 15. The variation in litter size.- A. Litter size and latitude.- B. Litter size and season.- C. Discussion.- 16. Delayed implantation.- Four Parturition, Lactation, and Immediate Post-Natal Survival of Young.- 17. The effects of weather from parturition to weaning.- 18. The effects of nutrition from parturition to weaning.- 19. The role of predation in survival to weaning.- 20. The effects of miscellaneous factors from parturition to weaning.- Five 'Density' and Social Factors in Breeding, Pregnancy and Survival to Weaning.- 21. Social factors in adult reproduction: Introduction.- 22. Social factors in adult reproduction in natural populations.- A. 'Non-cyclic' species.- B. 'Cyclic' species.- 23. Social factors in adult reproduction in experimental populations.- A. Combined populations.- B. Freely growing but confined populations.- C. Unconfined field populations.- 24. The relevance of observations from experimental populations to natural populations with regard to the role of social factors in adult reproduction.- Six Human Interference.- 25. The role of humans in the ecology of breeding in mammals.- Taxonomic Index.- General Index.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

R M Sadler

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

R M Sadler

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y