Endocrine patterns of the estrous cycle and pregnancy of wildebeest in the Serengeti ecosystem

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 365-371

  Clay, A Moss ^a   Estes, R D ^a   Thompson, K V ^a,b   Wildt, D E ^a   Monfort, S L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Fecal steroids; Progestagens; Seasonality; Wildebeest

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; BULL (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES LEVEL; FEMALE; HOME RANGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUTEAL PHASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WILDEBEEST;

EID: 77649187282     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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