Mammalian exocrine secretions. XVIII: Chemical characterization of interdigital secretion of red hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus caama

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2235-2252

  Reiter, B ^a   Burger, B V ^a   Dry, J ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b British American Tobacco   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alcelaphus buselaphus; Branched chain aldehydes; Mass spectra; Pheromones; Red hartebeest; Semiochemicals; Territorial marking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FURAN DERIVATIVE; KETONE; LINALOOL; LINALOOL OXIDE; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

SECRETION;

ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS CAAMA; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION; EXOCRINE SECRETION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; TERRITORIALITY;

ALCELAPHUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS CAAMA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242509204     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026218213151     Document Type: Article

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