Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 9

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Ecological and Evolutionary Aspects of Chemical Communication

   1. From Individuals to Populations: Field Studies as Proving Grounds for the Role of Chemical Signals

      • Dietland Müller-Schwarze

      Pages 1-10

   2. The Economic Consequences of Advertising Scent Mark Location on Territories

      • S. Craig Roberts, L. Morris Gosling

      Pages 11-17

   3. Do Chemical Alarm Signals Enhance Survival of Aquatic Vertebrates? An Analysis of the Current Research Paradigm

      • Reehan S. Mirza, Douglas P. Chivers

      Pages 19-26

   4. Mechanisms of Olfactory Foraging by Antarctic Procelliiform Seabirds

      • Gabrielle A. Nevitt

      Pages 27-33

   5. Ecological Aspects of House Mouse Urinary Chemosignals

      • Lee C. Drickamer

      Pages 35-41

   6. Information in Scent Signals of Competitive Social Status: The Interface Between Behaviour and Chemistry

      • Jane L. Hurst, Robert J. Beynon, Rick E. Humphries, Nick Malone, Charlotte M. Nevison, Caroline E. Payne et al.

      Pages 43-52

   7. Molecular Approaches in Chemical Communication of Mammals

      • Edward P. Zinkevich, Varvara S. Vasilieva

      Pages 53-60

3. Structure and Neuronal Mechanisms of Chemosensory Systems

   1. Neural Mechanisms of Communication: From Pheromones to Mosaic Signals

      • Robert E. Johnston

      Pages 61-67

   2. A Unique Subfamily of Olfactory Receptors

      • Jörg Strotmann

      Pages 69-75

   3. Odours are Represented in Glomerular Activity Patterns: Optical Imaging Studies in the Insect Antennal Lobe

      • C. Giovanni Galizia, Silke Sachse, Hanna Mustaparta

      Pages 77-83

   4. Spatial Representations of Odorant Chemistry in the Main Olfactory Bulb of the Rat

      • Brett A. Johnson, Michael Leon

      Pages 85-91

   5. Prenatal Growth and Adult Size of the Vomeronasal Organ in Mouse Lemurs and Humans

      • Timothy D. Smith, Mark P. Mooney, Annie M. Burrows, Kunwar P. Bhatnagar, Michael I. Siegel

      Pages 93-99

   6. Size of the Vomeronasal Organ in Wild Microtus

      • Lisette M. Maico, Dana L. Roslinski, Annie M. Burrows, Mark P. Mooney, Michael I. Siegel, Kunwar P. Bhatnagar et al.

      Pages 101-106

   7. Oxytocin, Norepinephrine and Olfactory Bulb Mediated Recognition

      • Dean E. Dluzen, Yili Shang, Rainer Landgraf

      Pages 107-115

   8. A Possible Humoral Pathway for the Priming Action of the Male Pheromone Androstenol on Female Pigs

      • Tadeusz Krzymowski, Stanisława Stefańczyk-Krzymowska, Waldemar Grzegorzewski, Janina Skipor, Barbara Wąsowska

      Pages 117-123

4. Chemical Structure of Pheromones and Binding Proteins

   1. Demonstration of Volatile C₁₉-Steroids in the Urine of Female Asian Elephants, Elephas Maximus

      • M. Dehnhard, M. Heistermann, F. Göritz, R. Hermes, T. Hildebrandt, G. Strauss et al.

      Pages 125-132

   2. The Pheromone of the Male Goat: Function, Sources, Androgen Dependency and Partial Chemical Characterization

      • Rolf Claus, Martin Dehnhard, Ursula Götz, Markus Lacorn

      Pages 133-140

   3. Analysis of Volatile Compounds in Scent-Marks of Spotted Hyenas (Crocuta Crocuta) and their Possible Function in Olfactory Communication

      • Heribert Hofer, Marion East, Ina Sämmang, Martin Dehnhard

      Pages 141-148

   4. Mice, Mups and Myths: Structure-Function Relationships of the Major Urinary Proteins

      • Robert J. Beynon, Jane L. Hurst, Simon J. Gaskell, Simon J. Hubbard, Rick E. Humphries, Nick Malone et al.

      Pages 149-156

It is generally accepted that the recent progress in molecular and cellular biology would not have been possible without an understanding of the mechanisms and signaling pathways of communication inside the cell and between various cells of the animal organism. In fact a similar progress occurred in the field of chemical communication between individual organisms of vertebrate species, and this volume is aimed at presenting the current state of the art on this subject. The reader can find here both original results obtained in the laboratory or field studies and comprehensive reviews summarizing many years of research. The presentations of over 60 scientists have been grouped according to their approach into nine parts covering such fields as ecological and evolutionary aspects of chemical communication, structure and neuronal mechanisms of chemosensory systems, chemical structure of pheromones and binding proteins, kin, individual and sexual recognition, predator-prey relationships, purpose and consequences of marking behavior, scent signals and reproductive processes. Expanding on former volumes of this series, entirely new chapters have been added on prenatal chemical communication describing specific effects of the intrauterine environment. In many cases a truly multidisciplinary approach was required, such as with the population analysis of polymorphic variants of the mouse's major urinary proteins that function in carrying pheromones.

• Oxytocin
• Pheromon
• environment
• neural mechanisms
• proteins
• vertebrates

• Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland

  Anna Marchlewska-Koj

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, USA

  John J. Lepri

• State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

  Dietland Müller-Schwarze

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