Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation

Introduction: Reproductive science as an essential component of conservation biology. - Mayday Mayday Mayday , the millennium ark is sinking! . - Climate change, extinction risks, and reproduction of terrestrial vertebrates. - Impacts of endocrine disrupting chemicals on reproduction in wildlife. - The role of genomics in conservation and reproductive sciences. - The epigenetic basis of adaptation and responses to environmental change: perspective on human reproduction. - The Black-footed Ferret: On the Brink of Recovery? . - Comparative reproductive biology of elephants. - The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): A case study in the development of reproductive technology in a marsupial. - Reproduction and Advances in Reproductive Studies in Carnivores. - Methods to examine reproductive biology in free-ranging, fully-marine mammals. - Amphibian declines in the 21st century: Why we need assisted reproductive technologies. - The reality, use and potential for cryopreservation of coral reefs. - Recent advances and prospects in germplasm preservation of rare and endangered species. - Sperm DNA fragmentation and its role in wildlife conservation. - Somatic Cells, Stem Cells, and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: How do they now contribute to conservation? . - Biosafety in embryos and semen cryopreservation, storage, management and transport. - Fertility Control in wildlife: review of current status, including novel and future technologies. - Cloning the mammoth: a complicated task or just a dream? . - Conclusions: environmental change, wildlife conservation and reproduction.