Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation (Conservation Biology, Series Number 8) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521011108 ISBN 13: 9780521011105

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Reproductive mechanisms are well understood in only a handful of vertebrate species, mostly domestic livestock and laboratory animals. This means that attempts to develop and implement management policies for wildlife conservation of endangered species are often based on poor data or no data at all. In Reproductive Sciences and Integrated Conservation, leading authorities examine reproductive diversity in fishes, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals. They review the many factors that influence reproduction--including genetics, behavior and nutrition--and assess the potential conservation relevance of the recent rapid advances in reproductive technology and medicine.

About this title

Book Description:

In Reproductive Sciences and Integrated Conservation leading authorities provide glimpses of reproductive systems in a diverse range of animals. Reproductive systems vary widely between species, and yet hardly anything is known about most of the species on earth. Conservation plans are founded on the assumption that reproduction will be successful, but what if it fails? This book reviews the many factors that influence reproduction, including genetics, behaviour and nutrition, and experts assess the potential conservation relevance of the recent rapid advances in reproductive technology and medicine.

About the Author:

William V. Holt is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, and heads the Reproductive Biology Group.

Amanda Pickard is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London.

John Rodger is Director of the Australian Government's multi-organisation Cooperative Research Centre for Conservation and Management of Marsupials.

David Wildt is Senior Scientist and Head, Department of Reproductive Sciences, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521011108
• ISBN 13: 9780521011105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 426
• Editor: Holt William V., Pickard Amanda R., Rodger John C., Wildt David E.