The Ecology of Reproduction in Wild and Domestic Mammals
49 about six months ... to well over a year. If there is only one part of the year that is favourable, such as spring and early summer in the temperate climates, then each species must make an evolutionary choice, so to speak, as to which parts of the reproductive cycle - conception, gestation, lact...
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| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1969, 1969
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1969 |
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Table of Contents:
- One Puberty
- 1. Ecological factors in the attainment of puberty: Introduction
- 2. The effects of light on the onset of puberty
- 3. The effects of temperature on the onset of puberty
- 4. The effects of nutrition on the onset of puberty
- 5. The effects of ‘density’ and social factors on the onset of puberty
- 6. Delayed puberty
- 7. Miscellaneous factors in the attainment of puberty
- Two The Breeding Season
- 8. Ecological factors and the breeding season: Introduction
- 9. The effects of light on the breeding season
- 10. The effects of temperature on the breeding season
- 11. The effects of rainfall and nutrition on the breeding season
- 12. The effects of minor ecological factors on the breeding season
- Three Pregnancy
- 13. The effects of temperature on pregnancy
- 14. The effects of nutrition on pregnancy
- 15. The variation in litter size
- 16. Delayed implantation
- Four Parturition, Lactation, and Immediate Post-Natal Survival of Young
- 17. The effects of weather from parturition to weaning
- 18. The effects of nutrition from parturition to weaning
- 19. The role of predation in survival to weaning
- 20. The effects of miscellaneous factors from parturition to weaning
- Five ‘Density’ and Social Factors in Breeding, Pregnancy and Survival to Weaning
- 21. Social factors in adult reproduction: Introduction
- 22. Social factors in adult reproduction in natural populations
- 23. Social factors in adult reproduction in experimental populations
- 24. The relevance of observations from experimental populations to natural populations with regard to the role of social factors in adult reproduction
- Six Human Interference
- 25. The role of humans in the ecology of breeding in mammals
- Taxonomic Index
- General Index