Semiochemicals and social signaling in the wild European rabbit in Australia: II. Variations in chemical composition of chin gland secretion across sampling sites

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2613-2625

  Hayes, R A ^a   Richardson, B J ^a   Claus, S C ^a   Wyllie, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemolfactory communication multidimensional scaling; Gas chromatography; Glandular secretion; Mass spectrometry; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit; Social structure; Variation

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHEROMONE; VOLATILE AGENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; LAGOMORPH; SECRETION; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY FLUID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; CHIN GLAND; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXOCRINE GLAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODOR; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RABBIT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VOLATILIZATION; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036960159     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021452623055     Document Type: Article

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