Overview
Covers a broad range of topics including sexual selection, predator avoidance, migration, mother-offspring communication, social organisation, management of farm animals, olfactory receptors and neural processing
A range of taxonomic groups are discussed, including fish, amphibian, reptiles, birds and mammals including humans
Contains the latest research on chemical communication relevant to vertebrates
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Odour Profiles and Social Organisation
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Predator Avoidance and Migration
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Chemical Signals in Birds
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Reproduction in Domestic Animals
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12
Editors: Marion L East, Martin Dehnhard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5927-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-5926-2Published: 21 February 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9224-6Published: 08 February 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-5927-9Published: 26 February 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 466
Number of Illustrations: 61 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Animal Ecology, Animal Biochemistry, Ecology