Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation (2nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2019) Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology Series, Vol. 1200
Coordonnateurs : Comizzoli Pierre, Brown Janine L., Holt William V.
Understanding reproductive biology is centrally important to the way many of the world?s conservation problems should be tackled. Currently the extinction problem is huge, with up to 30% of the world?s fauna being expected to disappear in the next 50 years. Nevertheless, it has been estimated that the global population of animals in zoos encompasses 12,000 ? 15,000 species, and we anticipate that every effort will be made to preserve these species for as long as possible, minimizing inbreeding effects and providing the best welfare standards available. Even if the reproductive biology community cannot solve the global biodiversity crisis for all wild species, we should do our best to maintain important captive populations.
Reproductive biology in this context is much more than the development of techniques for helping with too little or too much breeding. While some of the relevant techniques are useful for individual species that society might target for a variety of reasons, whether nationalistic, cultural or practical, technical developments have to be backed up by thorough biological understanding of the background behind the problems.
Date de parution : 09-2020
Ouvrage de 559 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 09-2019
Ouvrage de 559 p.
15.5x23.5 cm