Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

Chapter 1 Neural Substrate to Associate Odorants and Pheromones: Convergence of Projections from the Main and Accessory Olfactory Bulbs in Mice

Chapter 2 Acceleration of Puberty Onset in Female Mice by Male Urinary Odours: Chemosensory, Physiological and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms

Chapter 3 The Recessus Olfactorius: A Cryptic Olfactory Organ of Anuran Amphibians

Chapter 4 Smell, Suck, Survive: Chemical Signals and Suckling in the Rabbit, Cat, and Dog

Chapter 5 Neonatal Recognition in Sheep

Chapter 6 Suckling Odours in Rats and Mice: Biological Substrates that Guide Newborns to the Nipple

Chapter 7 The Role of Olfaction at Birth in Marsupial and Monotreme Mammals

Chapter 8 Individual Variation in Pheromone Isoform Ratios of the Red-Legged Salamander, Plethodon shermani

Chapter 9 Rodent Urinary Proteins: Genetic Identity Signals and Pheromones

Chapter 10 From Exploration to Selective Information Gathering: The Development of Chemosensory Investigation in Male African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Chapter 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

Chapter 12 Is the Perception of Dietary Odour Cues Linked to Sexual Selection in Humans?

Chapter 13 Hemiterpenoids and Pyrazines in the Odoriferous Urine of the Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)

Chapter 14 The Perfume-Body Odour Complex: An Insightful Model for Culture–Gene Coevolution?

Chapter 15 A Historical Perspective on the Identification of Substances in the Territorial Scent Marks of Male Klipspringer Antelope Oreotragus oreotragus

Chapter 16 Do Urinary Chemosignals Code for Sex, Age, and Season in the Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca?

Chapter 17 On the Body Odour of Wild-Caught Mangrove-Marsh Bengal Tiger of Sundarban

Chapter 18 Ultrastructure and Chemical Composition of Elephant Hair in the Context of Chemical Signals in the Asian Elephant Elephas maximus

Chapter 19 Methyl Ketone Production in Juvenile Red-Sided Garter Snakes

Chapter 20 The Sophistication of Predator Odour Recognition by Minnows

Chapter 21 Adaptive Responses of Embryonic Amphibians to Predation Risk

Chapter 22 Response of Lumholtz’ Tree-Kangaroos (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) to Odours from Native Arboreal and Introduced Terrestrial Predators: A Preliminary Study

Chapter 23 Voles in Space: Effects of Predator Odour on Microtus arvalis Breeding Females

Chapter 24 Knowing Your Behaviour: The importance of Behavioural Assays in the Characterisation of Chemical Alarm Cues in Fishes and Amphibians

Chapter 25 Avoiding Predation: The Importance of Chemical and Visual Cues in Poison Frog Reproductive Behaviour

Chapter 26 Besides Colours and Songs, Odour is the New Black of Avian Communication

Chapter 27 Intraspecific Olfactory Communication in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata): Potential Information Apart from Visual and Acoustic Cues

Chapter 28 Male European Starlings Use Odorous Herbs as Nest Material to Attract Females and Benefit Nestlings

Chapter 29 Embryonic Domestic Chickens Can Detect Compounds in an Avian Chemosignal Before Breathing Air

Chapter 30 Measurement of 16-Androstenes (5α-Androst-16-en-3-One, 5α-Androst-16-en-3α-ol, 5α-Androst-16-en-3β-ol) in Saliva of German Landrace and Göttingen Minipig Boars

Chapter 31 The Influence of Experimentally Reduced Vaginal Flora in Oestrus Females on the Mating Behaviour of Male Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)

Chapter 32 Socio-Sexual Stimuli and Reproductive Function: Emerging Perspectives of the Male Effect in Sheep and Goats

Chapter 33 A Reverse-Engineering Approach to Identifying Which Compounds to Bioassay for Signalling Activity in the Scent Marks of African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus)

Chapter 34 The Application of Proteomics to the Discovery and Quantification of Proteins in Scent Signals