Effect of captivity in semi-natural enclosures on the reproductive endocrinology of female lizards

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 238-246

  Weiss, S L ^a,b   Jennings, D H ^b   Moore, M C ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Captivity; Female; Lizard; Reproduction; Reptile; Sceloporus; Sex steroids; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0036411963     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00506-3     Document Type: Article

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