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Chemical ecology of vertebrates /
Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates is the first book to focus exclusively on the chemically mediated interactions between vertebrates (including humans) and other animals and plants. Pulling together information published in widely scattered sources, it will be an indispensable reference for all those...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 The odorsphere: the environment for transmission of chemical signals; 2 Properties of vertebrate semiochemicals; 3 Odor production and release; 4 Chemical cues in orientation and navigation; 5 Chemoreception; 6 Signaling pheromones I: discrimination and recognition; 7 Signaling pheromones II: sex and alarm pheromones and evolutionary considerations; 8 Intraspecific signals: priming pheromones; 9 Development of intra- and interspecific chemical communication; 10 Allomones I: chemical defense by animals.