Evidence for a female sex pheromone mediating male trailing behavior in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis

Chemoecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 149-152

  LeMaster, Michael P ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methyl ketones; Red sided garter snake; Sexual attractiveness pheromone; Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis; Trailing behavior

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 0034829439     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001845     Document Type: Article

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5. Seasonality of pheromone trailing behavior in two species of garter snake, Thamnophis (Colubridae)
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