Do Eurasian beavers smear their pelage with castoreum and anal gland secretion?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1697-1701

  Rosell, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anal gland secretion; Beaver; Castor sacs; Castoreum; Castorfiber; GC MS; Hair; Norway; Pelage; Squalene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; OLFACTORY CUE; RODENT; SCENT MARKING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANUS; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PERIANAL GLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; TERRITORIALITY;

ANAL CANAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; MALE; RODENTIA;

ANIMALIA; CASTOR; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; ENTEROBACTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036694681     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019954020963     Document Type: Article

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