Are single odorous components of a predator sufficient to elicit defensive behaviors in prey species?

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JUL, 2015, Pages

  Apfelbach, Raimund ^a   Parsons, Michael H ^b   Soini, Helena A ^c   Novotny, Milos V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging of odors; Field studies in Australia; Odor avoidance; Predator naive prey; Predator odors

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 HYDROXY 5,5 DIMETHYL 4 THIAHEPTANOIC ACID; 2,3,5 TRIMETHYL 3 THIAZOLINE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHENETHYLAMINE; PHEROMONE; PYRAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AUSTRALIA; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL CUE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FIELD EXPERIMENT; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PERIANAL GLAND; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; REVIEW; URINE ODOR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 84938485980     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2015.00263     Document Type: Review

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