The "secret" in secretions: Methodological considerations in deciphering primate olfactory communication

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 621-642

  Drea, Christine M ^a   Boulet, Marylène ^a,b   Delbarco Trillo, Javier ^a,c   Greene, Lydia K ^a   Sacha, Caitlin R ^a   Goodwin, Thomas E ^d   Dubay, George R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral bioassay; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Multivariate analyses; Odor discrimination; Semiochemistry

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; DATA SET; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; SECRETION; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; PRIMATES; SMELL;

PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877920461     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22143     Document Type: Article

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