Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Holt, William V.

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Produktbeschreibung

Reproduction is essential to the continuation and evolution of life on this planet and is therefore a centrally important process in the conservation of wildlife. However, reproductive mechanisms are well understood in only a handful of vertebrate species, mostly domestic livestock and laboratory animals. This means that attempts to develop and implement management policies for wildlife conservation, and especially for endangered species that, by definition, are difficult to study, are often based on poor data or no data at all. In Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation leading authorities provide glimpses of reproductive diversity in fishes, amphibia, reptiles, birds and mammals. Conservation plans are founded on the assumption that reproduction will be successful, but what if it fails? This book reviews the many factors that influence reproduction, including genetics, behaviour and nutrition, and experts assess the potential conservation relevance of the recent rapid advances in reproductive technology and medicine.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511058264
• Artikelnr.: 38188509

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM V. HOLT is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, and heads the Reproductive Biology Group.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword Richard Stone; Part I. Introduction: 1.
Toward more effective reproductive science for conservation David E. Wildt,
Susie Ellis, Donald Janssen and Jennifer Buff; Part II. Reproduction and
Population Viability: Introduction; 2. Behaviour and reproduction Alan
Dixson, Nancy Harvey, Marilyn Patton and Joanna Setchell; 3. Nutrition and
its interaction with reproductive processes Tom G. McEvoy and John J.
Robinson; 4. Environmental chemicals and the threat to male fertility in
mammals: evidence and perspective Helen S. Baillie, Allan A. Pacey and
Harry D. M. Moore; 5. Assessing the consequences of inbreeding for
population fitness: past challenges and future prospects Andrea C. Taylor;
6. Impacts of inbreeding on components of reproductive success Karen
Koeninger Ryan, Robert C. Lacy and Susan W. Margulis; 7. The major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) in declining populations: an example of
adaptive variation Philip Hedrick; 8. When is the birth rate the key factor
associated with population dynamics? Tim Coulson and Elodie Hudson; Part
III. Reproductive Techniques for Conservation Management: Introduction; 9.
Reproductive and welfare monitoring for the management of ex-situ
populations Amanda R. Pickard; 10. Non-invasive endocrine measures of
reproduction and stress in wild populations Steven L. Monfort; 11.
Ultrasound for analysis of reproductive function in wildlife species Thomas
B. Hildebrandt, Janine L. Brown, Robert Hermes and Frank Goritz; 12. Role
of embryo technologies in genetic management and conservation of wildlife
Naida M. Loskutoff; 13. Application of nuclear transfer technology to
wildlife species J. K. Critser, L. K. Riley and R. S. Prather; Part IV.
Integrated Conservation Management: Introduction; 14. Integrating
reproductive sciences into recovery programmes for declining and extinct
marsupial populations Peter D. Temple-Smith; 15. Captive breeding and
predator control: a successful strategy for conservation in Western
Australia Terry Fletcher and Keith Morris; 16. Black-footed ferret: model
for assisted reproductive technologies contributing to in situ conservation
JoGayle Howard, Paul E. Marinari and David E. Wildt; 17. Genetic resource
banks for species conservation W. V. Holt, Teresa Abaigar, P. F. Watson and
D. E. Wildt; 18. Fertility control for wildlife John C. Rodger; 19.
Contraceptive vaccine development Karen E. Mate and Lyn A. Hinds; 20. Field
applications of fertility control for wildlife management Phil Cowan, Roger
Pech and Paul Curtis; Part V. Reproductive Science in Non-Mammalian
Species: Introduction; 21. Reproductive technologies and challenges in
avian conservation and management Ann M. Donoghue, Juan Manuel Blanco,
George F. Gee, Yvonne Kirkby and David E. Wildt; 22. Reptile reproduction
and endocrinology Valentine A. Lance; 23. Reproductive research and the
worldwide amphibian extinction crisis Terri L. Roth and Amy Obringer; 24.
Reproduction in fishes in relation to conservation Gordon McGregor Reid and
Heather Hall; Part VI. Conclusion: 25. Postscript - sex, wildlife and
vindication W. V. Holt, A. R. Pickard, J. C. Rodger and D. E. Wildt; Index.