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Estimating pregnancy rate from blubber progesterone levels of a blindly biopsied beluga population poses methodological, analytical and statistical challenges
Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Canada, have been declining since the early 2000s, suggesting recruitment issues as a result of low fecundity, abnormal abortion rates or poor calf or juvenile survival. Pregnancy is difficult to observe in cetaceans, making the ground tr...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10533324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37771677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coad075 |