Volatile compounds from anal glands of the wolverine, Gulo gulo

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2111-2117

  Wood, William F ^a   Terwilliger, Miranda N ^b   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear defense mechanism; Gulo gulo; Mustelidae; Mustelinae; Scent marking; Short chain carboxylic acids; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

SCENT MARKING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANAL SAC; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MUSTELIDAE; SECRETION; VOLATILIZATION;

ANAL SACS; ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSTELIDAE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANIMALIA; FAGUS; GULO GULO; ICTONYX; MARTES; MARTES FOINA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 24044470980     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-6080-9     Document Type: Article

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