The black-footed ferret: On the brink of recovery?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 753, Issue , 2014, Pages 119-134

  Santymire, Rachel M ^a   Livieri, Travis M ^b   Branvold Faber, Heather ^c   Marinari, Paul E ^d  

^a Davee Center for Epidemiology and Endocrinology   (United States)

^b Prairie Wildlife Research   (United States)

^c Southside Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive techniques; Black footed ferrets; Captive breeding; Endangered species; Fecundity; Inbreeding depression; Recovery

Indexed keywords

PLAGUE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLACK FOOTED FERRET; BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; UNITED STATES; CANADA; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; HABITAT; INBREEDING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FERRETS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934440160     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-820-2_7     Document Type: Article

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