Comparative metabolism of gestagens and estrogens in the four lynx species, the Eurasian (Lynx lynx), the Iberian (L. pardinus), the Canada lynx (L. canadensis) and the bobcat (L. rufus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 287-296

  Dehnhard, M ^a   Fanson, K ^b   Frank, A ^a   Naidenko, S V ^c   Vargas, A ^d   Jewgenow, K ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^d ILCBC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Faeces; HPLC immunogram; Lynx; Metabolism; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA LYNX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EURASIAN; FECES; FELIS RUFUS; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE METABOLISM; IBERIAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYNX; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 77952882191     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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