Energy balance and ovulation: Small cages versus natural habitats

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-137

  Bronson, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold; Exercise; Food; GnRH secretion; Nutrition; Seasonal breeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PULSE GENERATOR; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MAMMALS; OVULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0031690937     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R97075     Document Type: Review

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