The Importance of the Application of Non-invasive Techniques in the Study of Wild Animal Reproduction

Annual Review of Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 29-37

  Vaz Guimarães, Marcelo Alcindo De Barros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enzyme immune assay; Fecal hormones; Non invasive; Radio immune assay; Urinary hormones; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL REPRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URINALYSIS; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942456500     PISSN: 18068774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5016/1806-8774.2003v5p29     Document Type: Short Survey

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