Chemical cues identify gender and individuality in Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1479-1488

  Hagey, Lee ^a   MacDonald, Edith ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant panda; Individual identity; Mass spectrometry; Olfaction; Scent communication; Scent mark; Short chain fatty acids; Urine analysis

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; VOLATILE AGENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; OLFACTION; SCENT MARKING;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BEAR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENDER IDENTITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SMELLING; VAGINA SECRETION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEROMONES; SCENT GLANDS; SMELL; URSIDAE; VAGINA;

AILUROPODA MELANOLEUCA; ANIMALIA; MELANOLEUCA; PANDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038166187     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024225806263     Document Type: Article

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