Olfaction in petrels: From homing to self-odor avoidance

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 428-433

  Bonadonna, Francesco ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Individual recognition; Major histocompatibility complex; Olfaction; Petrel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BURROWING SPECIES; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MAZE TEST; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; SEABIRD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMELLING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 68649089530     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03890.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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