Stress and Reproduction in Reptiles

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 3

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-213

  Tokarz, Richard R ^a   Summers, Cliff H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374930-7.10007-X     Document Type: Chapter

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