Chapter 9 Individual Odors and Social Communication. Individual Recognition, Kin Recognition, and Scent Over-Marking

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue , 2008, Pages 439-505

  Johnston, Robert E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)00009-0     Document Type: Review

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