Females do it better. Individual recognition experiments reveal sexual dimorphism in Lemur catta (Linnaeus 1758) olfactory motivation and territorial defence

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2700-2705

  Palagi, Elisabetta ^a   Dapporto, Leonardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Istituto Comprensivo Materna Elementere Media Convenevole da Prato   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female genital secretions; Gas chromatography; Individual recognition; Lemur catta; Scent tests; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LEMUR; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; TERRITORIALITY;

LEMUR CATTA; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34548182578     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.002121     Document Type: Article

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