Scent marking pheromones in lizards: Cholesterol and long chain alcohols elicit avoidance and aggression in male Acanthodactylus boskianus (Squamata: Lacertidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Khannoon, Eraqi R ^a,b   El Gendy, Afaf ^b   Hardege, Jörg D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acanthodactylus boskianus; Aggression; Agonistic behaviour; Femoral glands; Scent pheromones

Indexed keywords

ACANTHODACTYLUS BOSKIANUS; LACERTIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 85027941485     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-011-0076-4     Document Type: Article

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