The "tomcat compound" 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol occurs in the urine of free-ranging leopards but not in African lions or cheetahs

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-19

  Apps, Peter ^a   Mmualefe, Lesego ^a,c   Jordan, Neil R ^a,b   Golabek, Krystyna A ^a,b   McNutt, J Weldon ^a  

^a BOTSWANA PREDATOR CONSERVATION TRUST   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; Cauxin; Felinine; Felis silvestris; Panthera leo; Panthera pardus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FELID; URINE;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 84892154411     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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