Chemical composition of precloacal secretions of two Liolaemus fabiani populations: Are they different?

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 629-638

  Escobar, Claudio M ^a   Escobar, Carlos A ^b   Labra, Antonieta ^a   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Liolaemus fabiani; Lizard; Precloacal secretion

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; STEROID;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; LIZARD; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; LIZARD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; SECRETION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CLOACA; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIZARDS; MALE;

CHILE;

ATACAMA; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS FABIANI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0242500313     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022858919037     Document Type: Article

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