The importance of chemical communication studies to mammalian conservation biology: A review

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1919-1930

  Campbell Palmer, Roisin ^a,b   Rosell, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Conservation; Non invasive; Olfaction; Scent; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAMMAL; OLFACTORY CUE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79957635336     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.028     Document Type: Review

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