| Description |
1 online resource (x, 520 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Bradford book
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| Contents |
Introduction to the Study of Reproduction in Context / Jill E. Schneider -- IA. Environmental Context : Energy Balance and Reproduction -- Puberty and Energy Reserves : A Walk on the Wild Side / Franklin H. Bronson -- Inhibition of Reproduction in Service of Energy Balance / Jill E. Schneider and George N. Wade -- IB. Environmental Contex t: Integration of Environmental Factors in Birds -- Toward an Ecological Basis of Hormone-Behavior Interactions in Reproduction of Birds / John C. Wingfield [and others] -- Neuroendocrine Mechanisms Mediating the Photoperiodic and Social Regulation of Seasonal Reproduction in Birds / Gregory F. Ball and George E. Bentley -- Sex and Brain Secretions / Rae Silver and Ann-Judith Silverman -- IC. Environmental Context : Integration of Environmental Factors in Mammals -- Timing of Reproduction by the Integration of Photoperiod with Other Seasonal Signals / Theresa M. Lee and Michael R. Gorman -- Environmental and Social Influences on Seasonal Breeding and Immune Function / Randy J. Nelson and Sabra L. Klein -- Feisty Females and Meek Males : Reproductive Strategies in the Spotted Hyena / Kay E. Holekamp and Laura Smale -- IIA. Social Context and Reproductive Behavior -- Risky Business : Social Context and Hormonal Modulation of Primate Sexual Desire / Kim Wallen -- Contextual Influences on Sociosexual Behavior in Monogamous Primates / Jeffrey A. French and Colleene M. Schaffner -- Human Pheromones : Primers, Releasers, Signalers, or Modulators? / Martha M. McClintock -- IIB. Social Context and Mechanisms Underlying Behavior -- Neuronal Integration of Chemosensory and Hormonal Signals in the Control of Male Sexual Behavior / Ruth I. Wood and Jennifer M. Swann -- Behavioral Activation of the Female Neuroendocrine Axis / Patricia A. Schiml, Scott R. Wersinger and Emilie F. Rissman -- Sexuality : The Environmental Organization of Phenotypic Plasticity / David Crews |
| Summary |
"Historically, reproductive science has focused on reproductive behaviors divorced from the contexts in which they occur. Taking a more integrated view, this book explores the neuroendocrine bases of reproduction in relation to their environmental and social contexts."--Jacket |
| Notes |
"A Bradford Book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sex (Biology)
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Reproduction.
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Animal behavior.
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Sex (Biology) -- Social aspects
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Neuroendocrinology.
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Sexual behavior in animals.
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Sexual Behavior, Animal
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Sex
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Behavior, Animal
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Neuroendocrinology
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Reproduction
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sex (biological characteristic)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Developmental Biology.
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Sexual behavior in animals
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Animal behavior
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Neuroendocrinology
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Reproduction
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Sex (Biology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wallen, Kim.
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Schneider, Jill E.
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| LC no. |
98051874 |
| ISBN |
9780262285681 |
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0262285681 |
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0585177643 |
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9780585177649 |
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0262232049 |
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9780262232043 |
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9780262515511 |
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0262515512 |
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