Pheromone trailing behavior of the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2193-2201

  Greene, Michael J ^a   Stark, Shantel L ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiga irregularis; Brown tree snake; Colubridae; Invasive pest species; Male combat behavior; Mate location; Reptile pheromones; Reptilia; Trailing behavior; Y maze

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE;

MATE ATTRACTION; MATE LOCATION; PHEROMONE; SNAKE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; STEREOTYPY; TREE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOVEMENT; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0035169585     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012222719126     Document Type: Article

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