Endocrinology of the giant panda and application of hormone technology to species management

Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 198-230

  Steinman, Karen J ^a   Monfort, Steven L ^a   McGeehan, Laura ^b,c   Kersey, David C ^a   Gual Sil, Fernando ^d   Snyder, Rebecca J ^e   Wang, Pengyan ^f   Nakao, Tatsuko ^g   Czekala, Nancy M ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Zoológico de Chapultepec ^*  (Mexico)

^e ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^f China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

^g Adventure World   (Japan)

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EID: 69149096959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542244.009     Document Type: Chapter

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