Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation : Progress and Prospects /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Holt, William V. (Editor ), Brown, Janine L. (Editor ), Comizzoli, Pierre. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Colección:Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 753
Materias:
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Reproductive science as an essential component of conservation biology
  • “Mayday Mayday Mayday”, the millennium ark is sinking!
  • Climate change, extinction risks, and reproduction of terrestrial vertebrates
  • Impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction in wildlife
  • The role of genomics in conservation and reproductive sciences
  • The epigenetic basis of adaptation and responses to environmental change: perspective on human reproduction
  • The Black-footed Ferret: On the Brink of Recovery?
  • Comparative reproductive biology of elephants
  • The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): A case study in the development of reproductive technology in a marsupial
  • Reproduction and Advances in Reproductive Studies in Carnivores
  • Methods to examine reproductive biology in free-ranging, fully-marine mammals
  • Amphibian declines in the 21st century: Why we need assisted reproductive technologies
  • The reality, use and potential for cryopreservation of coral reefs
  • Recent advances and prospects in germplasm preservation of rare and endangered species
  • Sperm DNA fragmentation and its role in wildlife conservation
  • Somatic Cells, Stem Cells, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: How do they now contribute to conservation?
  • Biosafety in embryos and semen cryopreservation, storage, management and transport
  • Fertility Control in wildlife: review of current status, including novel and future technologies
  • Cloning the mammoth: a complicated task or just a dream?
  • Conclusions: environmental change, wildlife conservation and reproduction.