Are mammal olfactory signals hiding right under our noses?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 487-506

  Apps, Peter James ^a  

^a Paul G Allen Family Foundation Laboratory for Wildlife Chemistry   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Chemosignal; Infochemical; Mammal; Pheromone; Semiochemical; Signature mixture

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL CUE; DATA SET; MAMMAL; OLFACTORY CUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEMIOCHEMICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION (PROCESS); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; MAMMALS; ODORS; PHEROMONES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84879550131     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1054-1     Document Type: Review

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