Pheromones of tiger and other big cats

Neurobiology of Chemical Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 407-459

  Poddar Sarkar, Mousumi ^a   Brahmachary, Ratan Lal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/b16511     Document Type: Chapter

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