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Environmental Factors in Mammal Reproduction

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Desmond Gilmore

    1. Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

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  2. Brian Cook

    1. University Department of Steroid Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland

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Part of the book series: Studies in Biology, Economy and Society (SBES)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: mammals and their reproduction

    1. Introduction: mammals and their reproduction

      • B. Stonehouse
      Pages 1-10

  3. External stimuli and internal mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Internal responses to environmental stimuli

      • D. P. Gilmore
      Pages 13-29

    3. Environmental control of seasonal breeding: a common final mechanism governing seasonal breeding and sexual maturation

      • Fred J. Karsch, Douglas L. Foster
      Pages 30-53

    4. Photoperiodic control of hormones, growth and lactation in cattle

      • H. Allen Tucker
      Pages 54-73

  4. Social factors, pheromones and stress

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Environmental influences on the sexual behaviour of Rhesus monkeys

      • Richard P. Michael, Doris Zumpe
      Pages 77-99

    3. Pheromones, social influences and population regulation in rodents

      • Lee C. Drickamer
      Pages 100-111

    4. The involvement of pheromones in the mating behaviour of the female rat

      • C. Aron, D. Chateau, J. Roos, S. Plas-Roser, M. Al Satli
      Pages 112-126

    5. Stress and fertility

      • Judith A. Ramaley
      Pages 127-141

  5. Non-social factors: nutrition, temperature and environmental contaminants

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-144
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    2. The role of nutrition in mammalian reproduction

      • Elsie M. Widdowson
      Pages 145-159

    3. Nutrition and fertility in pedigree bulls

      • J. D. Skinner
      Pages 160-168

    4. Nutritional and other factors in breeding performance of ewes

      • J. M. Doney, R. G. Gunn
      Pages 169-177

    5. Environment and reproduction in tree squirrels with special reference to the genus Paraxerus

      • S. Viljoen
      Pages 178-186

    6. Reproduction of the Australian Hopping mouse, Notomys alexis, and other bipedal desert rodents

      • W. G. Breed
      Pages 186-198

    7. Environmental factors affecting the length of gestation in mammals

      • P. A. Racey
      Pages 199-213

    8. Thermal influences on sexual maturation in the rat

      • Béla E. Piacsek, Stanley J. Nazian
      Pages 214-231

    9. The effects of environmental contaminants on reproduction in the mink (Mustela vison)

      • Robert K. Ringer
      Pages 232-237
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Physiology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

    Desmond Gilmore

  • University Department of Steroid Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland

    Brian Cook

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental Factors in Mammal Reproduction

  • Editors: Desmond Gilmore, Brian Cook

  • Series Title: Studies in Biology, Economy and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03964-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-03964-7Published: 30 December 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2947-1141

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-115X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 330

  • Topics: Zoology

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