Olfactory sensitivity for aliphatic aldehydes in squirrel monkeys and pigtail macaques

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-271

  Laska, M ^a   Hofmann, M ^a   Simon, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aliphatic aldehydes; Detection thresholds; Macaca nemestrina; Nonhuman primates; Saimiri sciureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038242857     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0395-1     Document Type: Article

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