A new vertebrate courtship pheromone, PMF, affects female receptivity in a terrestrial salamander

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-320

  Houck, L D ^a   Palmer, C A ^a   Watts, R A ^a   Arnold, S J ^a   Feldhoff, P W ^b   Feldhoff, R C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Plethodon shermani; plethodontid courtship pheromone; plethodontid receptivity modulating factors; PMF; red legged salamander; vertebrate chemical communication during courtship and mating

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; PROTEIN; SEX PHEROMONE; VERTEBRATE;

PLETHODON SHERMANI; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846416949     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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