Beyond odor discrimination: Demonstrating individual recognition by Scent in Lemur catta

Chemical Senses

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 437-443

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Dapporto, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Brachial gland; Gas chromatography; Individual recognition; Lemur catta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIOASSAY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HABITUATION; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; RECOGNITION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; LEMUR; MALE; ODORS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

LEMUR CATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33745576419     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjj048     Document Type: Article

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