Social behavior, chemical communication, and adult neurogenesis: Studies of scent mark function in Podarcis wall lizards

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-17

  Font, Enrique ^a   Barbosa, Diana ^a   Sampedro, Carlos ^a   Carazo, Pau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Chemical communication; Lizard; Mate choice; Pheromone; Reptile; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection; Species recognition; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; BODY SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL STRESS; CHEMORECEPTOR; ETHOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PODARCIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERRITORIALITY; THREAT;

EID: 84860511085     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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