The effect of sex and time of year on the suite of semiochemicals secreted by the sternal gland of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii: Marsupialia)

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-216

  Zabaras, R ^a   Wyllie, S G ^a   Richardson, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macropus eugenii; Semiochemicals; Sternal gland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987631067     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am05211     Document Type: Article

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