Reproductive Biology of South American Vertebrates Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Contributors
	Chondrichthyes
1	Modes of Reproduction in the Elasmobranchs of Brazil	3
2	Serum Steroid Hormones During Reproduction in Elasmobranchs	19
	Ostheichthyes
3	Larval Ecology of Fish of the Orinoco Basin	45
4	Reproductive Characteristics of Characiformes	60
5	Seasonality of Reproduction in Amazonian Fishes	71
	Amphibia
6	Diversity of Reproductive Modes in Anurans: Facultative Nest Construction in Gladiator Frogs	85
7	Reproduction in the Mexican Leaf Frog, Pachymedusa Dacnicolor	98
8	Reproduction in Caecilians	112
	Reptilia
9	Follicular Population Dynamics: Its Relation to Clutch and Litter Size in Chilean Liolaemus Lizards	123
10	Diversity of Reproductive Strategies Among Brazilian Lizards and Snakes: The Significance of Lineage and Adaptation	135
11	Reproduction in Viviparous South American Lizards of the Genus Mabuya	150
12	The Reproductive Biology of the Neotropical Boid Genus Epicrates (Serpentes: Boidae)	165
	Aves
13	Reproductive Energetics and Physiology of the Desert-Nesting Gray Gull, Larus Modestus	181
14	Gonadal Cycles of Pygoscelis Penguins of the South Shetland Islands	198
	Marsupilia
15	Reproductive Biology of South American Marsupials	211
16	Reproduction in the Gray Short-Tailed Opossum, Monodelphis Domestica	229
	Eutheria
17	Reproduction in Female Marmoset Monkeys, Callithrix Jacchus	245
18	Reproductive Biology of the Female Black Mastiff Bat, Molossus Ater	262
19	Ecological Aspects of Reproductive Patterns in South American Small Rodents	283
20	Reproductive Biology of South American Manatees	295
21	Reproduction in Collared Peccaries	313
	Index	323