Male reproductive biology in giant pandas in breeding programmes in China

Giant Pandas: Biology, Veterinary Medicine and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 159-197

  Howard, Jogayle ^a   Zhang, Zhihe ^b   Li, Desheng ^c   Huang, Yan ^c   Hou, Rong ^b   Li, Guanghan ^b   Zhang, Meijia ^b   Ye, Zhiyong ^b   Zhang, Jinguo ^d   Huang, Shiqiang ^d   Spindler, Rebecca E ^e   Zhang, Hemin ^c   Wildt, David E ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHENGDU RESEARCH BASE OF GIANT PANDA BREEDING   (China)

^c China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda   (China)

^d Beijing Zoo   (China)

^e TORONTO ZOO   (Canada)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 85011324310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511542244.008     Document Type: Chapter

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