Volatile and Semivolatile Compounds in Gray Catbird Uropygial Secretions Vary with Age and Between Breeding and Wintering Grounds

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Shaw, Clara L ^a   Rutter, Jordan E ^a   Austin, Amy L ^a   Garvin, Mary C ^a   Whelan, Rebecca J ^a  

^a OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dumetella carolinensis; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; GC MS; Gray catbird; PCA; Preen gland; Principal component analysis; Solid phase microextraction; SPME; Uropygial gland

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BEHENYL ALCOHOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; KETONE;

BREEDING SITE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CHEMICAL CUE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL; SONGBIRD; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KETONES; MALE; OHIO; PASSERIFORMES; SEASONS; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VOLATILIZATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DUMETELLA; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 79955016780     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-011-9931-6     Document Type: Article

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