Assessment of dominance hierarchy through urine scent marking and its chemical constituents in male blackbuck Antelope cervicapra, a critically endangered species

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-67

  Rajagopal, Thangavel ^a,b   Archunan, Govindaraju ^a   Geraldine, Pitchairaj ^a   Balasundaram, Chellam ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical profiles; Dominance hierarchy; Indian Blackbuck; Subordinate male; Urinary scent marking

Indexed keywords

1 BROMO 2,2 DIMETHYL PROPANE; 1 CHLORO TETRADECANE; 1 IODO OCTANE; 1,2 DIMETHYL 3 (1 METHYL ETHYL) CYCLOPENTANOL; 1,5 HEXADIEN 3 OL; 2 METHYL CYCLOPENTANONE; 2 METHYOXYL 2 BUTANOIC ACID; 2,2 DIMETHYL BUTANE; 2,2 DIMETHYL HEPTANE; 2,2 DIMETHYL PROPANE; 2,2 DIMETHYL PROPANOIC ACID; 2,2,5,5 TETRAMETHYL HEXANE; 2,9 DIMETHYL DECANE; 3 HEXANONE; 3 METHYL 1 PENTANOL; 3 METHYL 2 METHYL HEXANE; 3 METHYL 2 METHYL PYRIDINE; 3,5 DIMETHYL 1 HEXAN; 3,7 DIMETHYL 1 OCTANOL; 4 METHYL 3 HEPTANONE; 4 METHYL PHENOL; 4 PENTANAL; 4 PYRIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACID; 6 ETHYL 2 METHYL DECANE; 6 METHYL 5 HEPTEN 2 ONE; ACRYLIC ACID; ALKANE; ALKANONE; BIS (1,1 DIMETHYL ETHYL) DIAZENE; PHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; DOMINANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; KETONE; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE; URINE;

ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BLACKBUCK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; ODOR; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ANTILOPE; ANTILOPE CERVICAPRA; UNGULATA;

EID: 77955086399     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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