Sex, age, and family differences in the chemical composition of owl monkey (Aotus nancymaae) subcaudal scent secretions

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-18

  Macdonald, Edith A ^a,d   Fernandez Duque, Eduardo ^a,b   Evans, Sian ^c   Hagey, Lee R ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests Inc   (United States)

^d Wellington Zoo   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Olfaction; Primate; Scent analysis; Scent mark

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGE STRUCTURE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSPECIFIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MONOGAMY; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; SCENT MARKING; SECRETION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AOTUS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENT GLAND; SECRETION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MALE; PHEROMONES; SCENT GLANDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; AOTUS (PRIMATE); AOTUS NANCYMAAE; AOTUS TRIVIRGATUS; PRIMATES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 38549181939     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20450     Document Type: Article

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