Uropygial gland volatiles may code for olfactory information about sex, individual, and species in Bengalese finches Lonchura striata

Current Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 357-365

  Zhang, Jian Xu ^a   Sun, Lixing ^b   Zuo, Ming Xue ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bengalese finches; Bird; Chemical signal; Lonchura striata; Passeriformes; Preen gland; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS FRUGILEGUS; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CHRYSOPHRYS; LONCHURA STRIATA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 70349169036     PISSN: 00017302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/55.5.357     Document Type: Article

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