Reproductive Science and Integrated Conservation

List of contributors x Foreword xiii Richard Stone Part I Introduction 1(20) Toward more effective reproductive science for conservation 2(19) David E. Wildt Susie Ellis Donald Janssen Jennifer Buff Part II Reproduction and population viability 21(108) Behaviour and reproduction 24(18) Alan Dixson Nancy Harvey Marilyn Patton Joanna Setchell Nutrition and its interaction with reproductive processes 42(15) Tom G. McEvoy John J. Robinson Environmental chemicals and the threat to male fertility in mammals: evidence and perspective 57(10) Helen S. Baillie Allan A. Pacey Harry D. M. Moore Assessing the consequences of inbreeding for population fitness: past challenges and future prospects 67(15) Andrea C. Taylor Impacts of inbreeding on components of reproductive success 82(15) Karen Koeninger Ryan Robert C. Lacy Susan W. Margulis The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in declining populations: an example of adaptive variation 97(17) Philip Hedrick When is the birth rate the key factor associated with population dynamics? 114(15) Tim Coulson Elodie Hudson Part III Reproductive techniques for conservation management 129(80) Reproductive and welfare monitoring for the management of ex situ populations 132(15) Amanda R. Pickard Non-invasive endocrine measures of reproduction and stress in wild populations 147(19) Steven L. Monfort Ultrasound for analysis of reproductive function in wildlife species 166(17) Thomas B. Hildebrandt Janine L. Brown Robert Hermes Frank Goritz Role of embryo technologies in genetic management and conservation of wildlife 183(12) Naida M. Loskutoff Application of nuclear transfer technology to wildlife species 195(14) J. K. Critser L. K. Riley R. S. Prather Part IV Integrated conservation management 209(110) Integrating reproductive sciences into recovery programmes for declining and extinct marsupial populations 211(21) Peter D. Temple-Smith Captive breeding and predator control: a successful strategy for conservation in Western Australia 232(17) Terry Fletcher Keith Morris Black-footed ferret: model for assisted reproductive technologies contributing to in situ conservation 249(18) Jogayle Howard Paul E. Marinari David E. Wildt Genetic resource banks for species conservation 267(14) W. V. Holt Teresa Abaigar P. F. Watson D. E. Wildt Fertility control for wildlife 281(10) John C. Rodger Contraceptive vaccine development 291(14) Karen E. Mate Lyn A. Hinds Field applications of fertility control for wildlife management 305(14) Phil Cowan Roger Pech Paul Curtis Part V Reproduction science in non-mammalian species 319(76) Reproductive technologies and challenges in avian conservation and management 321(17) Ann M. Donoghue Juan Manuel Blanco George F. Gee Yvonne K. Kirby David E. Wildt Reptile reproduction and endocrinology 338(21) Valentine A. Lance Reproductive research and the worldwide amphibian extinction crisis 359(16) Terri L. Roth Amy R. Obringer Reproduction in fishes in relation to conservation 375(20) Gordon McGregor Reid Heather Hall Part VI Conclusions 395(6) Postscript - sex, wildlife and vindication 396(5) W. V. Holt A. R. Pickard J. C. Rodger D. E. Wildt Index 401