Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation

Foreword - Richard Black Introduction: Reproductive science as an essential component of conservation biology - William V. Holt, Janine Brown, Pierre Comizzoli "Mayday Mayday Mayday", the millennium ark is sinking! - Steve Monfort Climate change, extinction risks, and reproduction of terrestrial vertebrates - Cynthia Carey Impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction in wildlife - Emmelianna Kumar, William V. Holt The role of genomics in conservation and reproductive sciences - Warren Johnson, Klaus Koepfli The epigenetic basis of adaptation and responses to environmental change: perspective on human reproduction - Agustin F. Fernandez, Estela Garcia Torano, Rocio Gonzalez Urdinguio, Abel Gayo Lana, Ignacio Arnott Fernandez, Mario F. Fraga The Black-footed Ferret: On the Brink of Recovery? - Rachel M. Santymire, Travis M. Livieri, Heather Branvold-Faber, Paul E. Marinari Comparative reproductive biology of elephants - Janine Brown The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): A case study in the development of reproductive technology in a marsupial - Stephen D. Johnston, William V. Holt Reproduction and Advances in Reproductive Studies in Carnivores - Katarina Jewgenow, Nucharin Songsasen Methods to examine reproductive biology in free-ranging, fully-marine mammals - Janet M. Lanyon, Elizabeth A. Burgess Amphibian declines in the 21st century: Why we need assisted reproductive technologies - John Clulow, Vance Trudeau, Andrew Kuoba The reality, use and potential for cryopreservation of coral reefs - Mary Hagedorn, Rebecca Spindler Recent advances and prospects in germplasm preservation of rare and endangered species - Pierre Comizzoli, William V. Holt Sperm DNA fragmentation and its role in wildlife conservation - Jaime Gosalvez, William V. Holt, Stephen D. Johnston Somatic Cells, Stem Cells, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: How do they now contribute to conservation? - Gabriela Mastromonaco, Leslie Gonzalez, Melissa Filice, Pierre Comizzoli Biosafety in embryos and semen cryopreservation, storage, management and transport - Andrzej Bielanski Fertility Control in wildlife: review of current status, including novel and future technologies - Deborah Garside, Ayman Gebril, Manal Alsaadi, Valerie A. Ferro Cloning the mammoth: a complicated task or just a dream? - Pasqualino Loi, Joseph Saragusty, Grazyna Ptak Conclusions: environmental change, wildlife conservation and reproduction - William V. Holt, Janine Brown, Pierre Comizzoli