Potential semiochemicals in urine from free ranging wolverines (Gulo gulo Pallas, 1780)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 574-578

  Wood, William F ^a   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^b   Yates, Richard E ^b   Horsey, Iman K ^a   McGreevy, Lynne R ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulo gulo; Physiology; Scent Marking; Terpenes; Urine; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMISTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONOTERPENE; MUSTELID; SCENT MARKING; SEMIOCHEMICAL; URINE; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; GULO GULO; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 72549099344     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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