Social behavior and pheromonal communication in reptiles

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 729-749

  Mason, Robert T ^a   Parker, M Rockwell ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lizard; Pheromone; Reproduction; Reptile; Snake; Tongue flick; Trailing; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; PHEROMONES; REPTILES; SMELL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957118490     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0551-3     Document Type: Review

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