REPRODUCTIVE ENERGETICS IN MAMMALS. The Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 10th and 11th of April 1986.

Loudon, A.S.I. and Racey, P.A. (Editors).

ISBN 10: 0198540051 / ISBN 13: 9780198540052

Published by Zoological Society of London/Clarendon, Oxford 1987., 1987

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1st edition. 8vo. xxii + 371pp. B/w. illustrations, diagrams. Very good in original gilt lettered boards. Symposia of the Zoological Society of London Number 57. ISBN 0198540051 US$22.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: REPRODUCTIVE ENERGETICS IN MAMMALS. The Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 10th and 11th of April 1986.
• Publisher: Zoological Society of London/Clarendon, Oxford 1987.
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198540051
• ISBN 13: 9780198540052
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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Synopsis

This book presents the proceedings of a symposium which brought together biologists from diverse backgrounds to review the current research on reproductive energetics. Agricultural scientists and ecologists have long been interested in the flow of energy through populations so that the ultimate constraints to production can be identified. However, the study of the ecology of wild mammals will not proceed effectively until scientists are able to obtain reliable data on the energy costs of pregnancy and lactation in the breeding female, and relate these in turn to the food supply, and the survival and growth of offspring. The work presented here is likely to attract serious research interest from ecologists, reproductive biologists, physiologists, and zoologists from some time to come.