The perfume of reproduction in birds: Chemosignaling in avian social life

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-42

  Caro, Samuel P ^a,b   Balthazart, Jacques ^c   Bonadonna, Francesco ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian; Olfaction; Pheromone; Sexual selection recognition

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANOSMIA; BIRD; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MATE CHOICE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SMELLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRIA TERMINALIS; TERRITORIALITY; ANIMAL; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; PHEROMONES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL;

EID: 84922457779     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.001     Document Type: Review

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