Reproductive Behavior of Wild Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Wildlife".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 146
Special Issue Editor
Interests: reproductive biology; immunology; nutrition; welfare; heterogeneity of domestic and wild ruminants
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Dear Colleagues,
Reproduction of wild fauna depends on the environment, and, unlike reproductive processes in livestock, which take place throughout the year, wild animals are characterized by seasonality. In addition, the efficiency of the reproductive process is influenced by environmental factors such as disease, stress, trauma, availability of a feeding base (abundance of the environment), toxins, competition in the habitat, and many others.
The aim of the Special Issue is to present how the biotope creates reproductive processes in wild fauna, mainly in mammals, to learn how the endocrine profile in these animals changes in correlation with the course of reproductive functions, and to find out which cellular mechanisms are involved in reproductive behavior. It is also important to recognize the physiology of reproduction at a basic level in individual free-living fauna, as there is still a knowledge gap in this area.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Anna. J. Korzekwa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- reproduction
- wild mammals
- behavior
- biotope
- reproductive seasonality
- endocrine regulation
- environment
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