Chemical composition of scent-gland secretions in an Old World monkey (Mandrillus sphinx): Influence of sex, male status, and individual identity

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-220

  Setchell, Joanna M ^a   Vaglio, Stefano ^b   Moggi Cecchi, Jacopo ^b   Boscaro, Francesca ^b   Calamai, Luca ^b   Knapp, Leslie A ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Dominance rank; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Microsmatic; Olfaction; Pheromones; Signaling

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 9 OCTADECANOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BENZENEACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; BUTYLCRESOL; NAPHTHALENE; OCTADECANOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; OXACYCLOHEPTADEC 8 EN 2 ONE; PARA CRESOL; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANE; VOLATILE AGENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITAT QUALITY; HAIR ANALYSIS; IDENTITY; INFRASPECIFIC RANK; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENT GLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SMELLING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HAIR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SECRETION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; MAMMALIA; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; PRIMATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; MALE; MANDRILLUS; ODORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCENT GLANDS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77950606727     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjp105     Document Type: Article

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