Seasonal changes in testicular size and serum LH, prolactin and testosterone concentrations in male polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Reproduction

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 729-733

  Howell Skalla, L A ^a   Cattet, M R L ^a   Ramsay, M A ^a   Bahr, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; BREEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036251954     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1230729     Document Type: Article

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