Reproductive biology of seals

Reviews of Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-194

  Atkinson, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ANATOMY; BIOLOGY; BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CHILDBIRTH; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTRUS CYCLE; LACTATION; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEAL; SEASON; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADS; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEALS, EARLESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030882006     PISSN: 13596004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/ror.0.0020175     Document Type: Review

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