Reproduction in context : social and environmental influences on reproductive physiology and behavior
Title:
Reproduction in context : social and environmental influences on reproductive physiology and behavior
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Kim Wallen and Jill E. Schneider.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Publication Information:
©2000
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 520 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:
9780262285681
9780585177649
Series:
General Note:
"A Bradford Book."
Abstract:
"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.
Local Note:
UAS/JPL: EBSCO Academic Subscription.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Genre:
Restrictions on Access:
Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students.
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.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.