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Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

This volume presents the proceedings of "Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12", hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and held between 28th - 31st August, 2011 at the Schloss Friedrichsfelde and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany. Che...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: East, Marion L. (Editor ), Dehnhard, Martin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Olfaction: Receptors and Neural Processing
  • 1. Neural Substrate to Associate Odorants and Pheromones: Convergence of Projections from the Main and Accessory Olfactory Bulbs in Mice
  • 2. Acceleration of Puberty Onset in Female Mice by Male Urinary Odours: Chemosensory, Physiological and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms
  • 3. The Recessus Olfactorius: A Cryptic Olfactory Organ of Anuran Amphibians
  • Part 2  Mother-Offspring Communication
  • 4. Smell, Suck, Survive: Chemical Signals and Suckling in the Rabbit, Cat and Dog
  • 5. Neonatal Recognition in Sheep
  • 6. Suckling Odours in Rats and Mice: Biological Substrates that Guide Newborns to the Nipple
  • 7. The Role of Olfaction at Birth in Marsupial and Monotreme Mammals
  • Part 3. Pheromones and Social Organisation
  • 8. Individual Variation in Pheromone Isoform Ratios of the Red-Legged Salamander, Plethodon shermani
  • 9. Rodent Urinary Proteins: Genetic Identity Signals and Pheromones
  • 10    From Exploration to Selective Information Gathering: The Development of Chemosensory Investigation in Male African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)
  • Part 4. Odour profiles and social organisation
  • 11. Sex Differences in Olfactory Behaviours Reflect the Importance of Scent Marking for Social Integration in Adult Females and Competition between Reproductively Active Males in the Spotted Hyena
  • 12. Is the Perception of Dietary Odour Cues Linked to Sexual Selection in Humans?
  • 13. Hemiterpenoids and Pyrazines in the Odoriferous Urine of the Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
  • 14. The Perfume-Body Odour Complex: An Insightful Model for Culture-Gene Coevolution?
  • 15. A Historical Perspective on the Identification of Substances in the Territorial Scent Marks of Male Klipspringer Antelope Oreotragus oreotragus
  • 16. Do Urinary Chemosignals Code for Sex, Age, and Season in the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca?
  •  17. On the Body Odour of Wild-Caught Mangrove-Marsh Bengal Tiger of Sundarban
  • 18. Ultrastructure and Chemical Composition of Elephant Hair in the context of Chemical Signals in the Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
  • 19. Methyl Ketone Production in Juvenile Red-sided Garter Snakes
  • 20. The Sophistication of Predator Odour Recognition by Minnows
  • 21. Adaptive Responses of Embryonic Amphibians to Predation Risk
  • 22. Response of Lumholtz' Tree-Kangaroos (Dendrolagus Lumholtzi) to Odours from Native Arboreal and Introduced Terrestrial Predators - A Preliminary Study.-23. Voles in Space: Effects of Predator Odour on Microtus arvalis Breeding Females, Running title: Effects of predator odour on breeding female voles
  • 24. Knowing your Behaviour: The importance of Behavioural Assays in the Characterisation of Chemical Alarm Cues in Fishes and Amphibians
  • 25. Avoiding Predation: The Importance of Chemical and Visual Cues in Poison Frog Reproductive Behaviour
  • Part 6. Chemical Signals in Birds
  • 26. Besides Colours and Songs, Odour is the New Black of Avian Communication
  • 27. Intraspecific Olfactory Communication in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) - Potential Information Apart from Visual and Acoustic Cues
  • 28. Male European Starlings Use Odorous Herbs as Nest Material to Attract Females and Benefit Nestlings
  • 29. Embryonic Domestic Chickens can Detect Compounds in an Avian Chemosignal before Breathing Air
  • 30. Measurement of 16-androstenes (5a-androst-16-en-3-one, 5a-androst-16-en-3a-ol, 5a-androst-16-en-3b-ol) in Saliva of Landrace and Göttingen Minipig Boars
  • 31. The Influence of Experimentally Reduced Vaginal Flora in Oestrus Females on the Mating Behaviour of Male Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)
  • 32. Socio-sexual Stimuli and Reproductive Function: Emerging perspectives of the male effect in sheep and goats
  • 33. A Reverse-Engineering Approach to Identifying which Compounds to Bioassay for Signalling Activity in the Scent Marks of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)
  • 34. The application of proteomics to the discovery and quantification of proteins in scent signals.