An individual and a sex odor signature in kittiwakes? Study of the semiochemical composition of preen secretion and preen down feathers

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 615-624

  Leclaire, Sarah ^a,b,f   Merkling, Thomas ^a,b   Raynaud, Christine ^b,c   Giacinti, Géraldine ^b,c   Bessière, Jean Marie ^d   Hatch, Scott A ^e   Danchin, Etienne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d INSTITUT CHARLES GERHARDT   (France)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual signature; Kittiwake; Odor. Preen gland; Uropygial secretion

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; FEATHER; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCENT GLAND; SECRETION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEATHERS; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; PHEROMONES; SCENT GLANDS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84855185267     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0809-9     Document Type: Article

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