Olfactory discrimination in the western lowland gorilla, Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Primates

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-126

  Hepper, Peter G ^a   Wells, Deborah L ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gorilla; Great ape; Habituation; Olfaction; Olfactory discrimination

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HABITUATION; ODOR; OLFACTION; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GORILLA; HABITUATION; MALE; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; MALE; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84859575188     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-011-0291-1     Document Type: Article

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