Olfactory discrimination ability of asian elephants (Elephas maximus) for structurally related odorants

Chemical Senses

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-118

  Rizvanovic, Alisa ^a   Amundin, Mats ^b   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kolmårdens Djurpark ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aliphatic odorants; Asian elephants; Elephas maximus; Enantiomers; Olfactory discrimination

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHOR; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARVONE; CITRONELLOL; DIHYDROCARVONE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; LIMONENE; LIMONENE OXIDE; MENTHOL; OXIDE; PINENE; ROSE OXIDE; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; KETONES; ODORS; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; STEREOISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS PUSILLUS PUSILLUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MACACA NEMESTRINA; MUS; SAIMIRI;

EID: 84872128774     PISSN: 0379864X     EISSN: 14643553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjs097     Document Type: Article

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