Behavioral responses to mammalian blood odor and a blood odor component in four species of large carnivores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Nilsson, Sara ^a   Johanna, Sjöberg ^a   Amundin, Mats ^b   Hartmann, Constanze ^c   Buettner, Andrea ^c   Laska, Matthias ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Kolma Rden Wildlife Park Kolma Rden ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPENTYL ACETATE; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; TRANS 4,5 EPOXY 2 DECENAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; (2E)-DECENAL; ALDEHYDE; ALKENE;

AFRICAN WILD DOG; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN WILD DOG; BLOOD COMPONENT; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PREDATOR; PREY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIBERIAN TIGER; SOUTH AMERICAN BUSH DOG; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORY; CHEMISTRY; DOG; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIGER; WOOD;

MAMMALIA;

ALDEHYDES; ALKENES; ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARNIVORA; CARNIVORY; DOGS; MAMMALS; ODORS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIGERS; WOOD;

EID: 84911414527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112694     Document Type: Article

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