Fecal reproductive steroid profiles for monitoring reproductive patterns in female Formosan black bears (Ursus thibetanus formosanus)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 275-286

  Chang, Geng Ruei ^a   Yang, Chieh Chung ^b   Hsu, Son Haur ^a   Lin, Chang ^a   Chiu, Chun Lung ^a   Chan, Fang Tse ^a,b   Mao, Frank Chiahung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ENDEMIC SPECIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BEAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; STEROID; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 82255162249     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.048.0502     Document Type: Article

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