Individually identifiable body odors are produced by the gorilla and discriminated by humans

Chemical Senses

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-268

  Hepper, Peter G ^a   Wells, Deborah L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great ape; Human; Individual recognition; Odor; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY ODOR; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; GORILLA; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; LUINA;

EID: 77952121772     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq015     Document Type: Article

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