Reproduction and larval rearing of amphibians

ILAR Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-234

  Browne, Robert K ^a,c   Zippel, Kevin ^b  

^a Perth Zoo   (Australia)

^b IUCN/SSC (World Conservation union'S) Conservation Breeding Specialist Group   (United States)

^c C/o Perth Zoo ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Conservation; Hormones; In vitro; Larvae; Ovulation; Reproduction technology; Sperm

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPERMATOZOON; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; PHOTOPERIOD; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEX RATIO; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38449083800     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.48.3.214     Document Type: Review

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