Olfactory sensitivity for aliphatic alcohols and aldehydes in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-120

  Laska, Matthias ^a   Bautista, Rosa Mariela Rivas ^b   Salazar, Laura Teresa Hernandez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Food associated odorants; Homologous series; New World primates; Olfactory detection thresholds

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKANOL; BUTYRALDEHYDE; NONANAL; OCTANOL; PROPANOL; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATELES GEOFFROYI; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; MONKEY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIMATE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CEBIDAE; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; ODORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL;

EID: 29244469954     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20252     Document Type: Article

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