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The Hidden Power of Smell How Chemicals Influence Our Lives and Behavior /

This book provides insight into an area that humans often take for granted. There are wonderful and exciting stories of organisms using chemical signals as a basis of a sophisticated communication system. In many instances, chemical signals can provide more detailed and accurate information than any...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moore, Paul A. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Hidden World of Chemical Signals
  • A World of Odors: Signals, Cues, and Information
  • Eat or Be Eaten: The Odors and Tastes of the Food World
  • Who are You?: Recognition of Self and Individuals
  • Home Sweet Home: Finding Shelter and Safe Spots
  • The Cocktail Party of Life: Social Cues
  • Stealth and Deception: Lying with Chemicals
  • The Allure of Sex: Fifty Shades of Odors
  • Smells like Teen Spirit: The Odors of Maturity
  • Human Chemical Ecology. .