Effects of heat stress on mammalian reproduction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1534, 2009, Pages 3341-3350

  Hansen, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gestation; Heat stress; Oocyte; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; LACTATION; MAMMAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 72949121219     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0131     Document Type: Review

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