Scents of adolescence: The maturation of the olfactory phenotype in a free-ranging mammal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Caspers, Barbara A ^a   Schroeder, Frank C ^b   Franke, Stephan ^c   Voigt, Christian C ^d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,6,10 TRIMETHYL 3 OXO 6,10 DODECADIENOLIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; PYROCOLL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBALLONURIDAE; FORELIMB; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MAMMAL; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; SAC WINGED BAT; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SMELLING; ANIMAL; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PYROCOLL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EMBALLONURIDAE; MAMMALIA; SACCOPTERYX BILINEATA;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; ODORS; PYRROLES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 79959596945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021162     Document Type: Article

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