Patterns of testicular activity in captive and wild Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 210-216

  Fanson, Kerry V ^a,b,f   Wielebnowski, Nadja C ^b   Shenk, Tanya M ^c   Jakubas, Walter J ^d   Squires, John R ^e   Lucas, Jeffrey R ^f  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^d MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Fecal metabolites; Lynx; Non invasive; Seasonality; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREEDING; CAGE; CASTRATED MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; WILD ANIMAL;

EID: 77958469780     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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