Olfactory discrimination ability of South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) for enantiomers

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 199, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 535-544

  Kim, Sunghee ^a   Amundin, Mats ^b   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kolmårdens Djurpark ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus pusillus; Enantiomers; Marine mammals; Olfactory discrimination; South African fur seals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; ISOMERISM; ODOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REWARD; SEA; SEAL; SMELLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OCEANS AND SEAS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; REWARD; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84878426950     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-012-0759-5     Document Type: Article

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