To fix or not to fix: The role of 2-phenoxyethanol in rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus, chin gland secretion

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1051-1064

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Fixative; Glandular secretion; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit; Semiochemical; Social structure

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; 2 PHENOXYETHANOL; ACETOPHENONE; ETHYLBENZENE; FIXATIVE; PARA CRESOL; PHENOL; XYLENE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; DOMINANCE; LAGOMORPH; SECRETION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SECRETION; SKIN GLAND; SMELLING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FIXATIVES; MALE; PHEROMONES; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0038177399     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023836319677     Document Type: Article

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