Territorial red-backed salamanders can detect volatile pheromones from intruders

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-35

  Martin, Shannon B ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^a,b   Prosen, Ethan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Chemoreception; Pheromones; Plethodon cinereus; Social behavior; Territorial behavior

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHEMORECEPTION; PHEROMONE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 31344453255     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-13     Document Type: Article

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