An approach to search for putative pheromones in birds via chemical analysis-A reply to Mardon J, Saunders SM, and Bonadonna F

Chemical Senses

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-7

  Zhang, Jian Xu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANOL; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BIRD; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COURTSHIP; ELUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LETTER; MONOGAMY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARAKEET; POLYGAMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

AVES;

EID: 78650322779     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjq099     Document Type: Letter

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