Red junglefowl have individual body odors

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1619-1624

  Karlsson, Anna Carin ^a   Jensen, Per ^a   Elgland, Mathias ^a   Laur, Katriann ^a   Fyrner, Timmy ^a   Konradsson, Peter ^a   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body odors; Feather pecking; GC MS; Mice; Red junglefowl

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STIMULATION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; ODORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS;

EID: 77951737565     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040279     Document Type: Article

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