Chemical differences between voided and bladder urine in the aye-aye (daubentonia madagascariensis): Implications for olfactory communication Studies

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 695-702

  Delbarco Trillo, Javier ^a,b   Harelimana, Innocent H ^c   Goodwin, Thomas E ^c   Drea, Christine M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c HENDRIX COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfactory communication; Semiochemistry; SPDE GC MS; Strepsirrhine primate; Urine marking

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; OLFACTORY CUE; PRIMATE; SECRETION; URINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; URINE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; SMELL; STREPSIRHINI; URINARY BLADDER; URINE;

DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84877921652     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22083     Document Type: Article

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