Mandrills use olfaction to socially avoid parasitized conspecifics

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Poirotte, Clémence ^a,b   Massol, François ^a   Herbert, Anaïs ^c   Willaume, Eric ^d   Bomo, Pacelle M ^d   Kappeler, Peter M ^e   Charpentier, Marie J E ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^d Projet Mandrillus   (Gabon)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COSTS; MAMMALS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL MECHANISMS; COEVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS; FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; PARASITE INFECTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FECES; MANDRILLUS; MONKEY DISEASE; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; MANDRILLUS; MONKEY DISEASES; SMELL;

EID: 85027567982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601721     Document Type: Article

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