The many uses of non-invasive faecal steroid monitoring in zoo and wildlife species

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-74

  Schwarzenberger, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroid hormones; Assay validation; Biodiversity conservation; Excreted steroids; Faecal steroid analysis; Non invasive; Reproductive steroid hormones; Steroid metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 34547484377     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2007.00017.x     Document Type: Review

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