Characterization of reproductive activity in captive male Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-38

  Jewgenow, Katarina ^a   Goeritz, Frank ^a   Neubauer, Katrin ^a   Fickel, Joerns ^a   Naidenko, Sergej V ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lynx; Mating experiment; Paternity; Seasonality; Teratozoospermia

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 33644533172     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-005-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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