Chemical scent constituents in feces of wild Iberian wolves (Canis lupus signatus)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1096-1102

  Martín, José ^a   Barja, Isabel ^b   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatic compounds; Canis lupus signatus; Carnivora; Feces; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL CUE; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOL; SCENT MARKING; STEROID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79251596201     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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