Environmental Factors in Mammal Reproduction

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: mammals and their reproduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Internal responses to environmental stimuli....Pages 13-29
Environmental control of seasonal breeding: a common final mechanism governing seasonal breeding and sexual maturation....Pages 30-53
Photoperiodic control of hormones, growth and lactation in cattle....Pages 54-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Environmental influences on the sexual behaviour of Rhesus monkeys....Pages 77-99
Pheromones, social influences and population regulation in rodents....Pages 100-111
The involvement of pheromones in the mating behaviour of the female rat....Pages 112-126
Stress and fertility....Pages 127-141
Front Matter....Pages 143-144
The role of nutrition in mammalian reproduction....Pages 145-159
Nutrition and fertility in pedigree bulls....Pages 160-168
Nutritional and other factors in breeding performance of ewes....Pages 169-177
Environment and reproduction in tree squirrels with special reference to the genus Paraxerus....Pages 178-186
Reproduction of the Australian Hopping mouse, Notomys alexis, and other bipedal desert rodents ....Pages 186-198
Environmental factors affecting the length of gestation in mammals....Pages 199-213
Thermal influences on sexual maturation in the rat....Pages 214-231
The effects of environmental contaminants on reproduction in the mink (Mustela vison)....Pages 232-237
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
The influence of social factors on human fertility....Pages 241-259
Environmental determinants of human sexuality....Pages 260-270
Environment and human gender identity....Pages 271-285
Contraception and population trends....Pages 286-304
Back Matter....Pages 305-330