Chemical polymorphism and chemosensory recognition between iberolacerta monticola lizard color morphs

Chemical Senses

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 723-731

  López, Pilar ^a   Moreira, Pedro L ^b   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemosensory recognition; Femoral glands secretion; Lizards; Morphs; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; FATTY ACID; STEROID;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIZARD; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BODILY SECRETIONS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIPIDS; LIZARDS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SMELL; STEROIDS; TERRITORIALITY;

IBEROLACERTA MONTICOLA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349490363     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp059     Document Type: Article

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