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Chemical Signals

Vertebrates and Aquatic Invertebrates

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  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Dietland Müller-Schwarze

    1. State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

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  2. Robert M. Silverstein

    1. State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

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Table of contents (32 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Field Studies

    1. Some Responses of a Free Living Community of Rodents to the Odors of Predators

      • D. Michael Stoddart
      Pages 1-10

    2. The Urine Marking Behavior and Movement Patterns of Red Foxes (Vulpes Vulpes) During a Breeding and Post-Breeding Period

      • J. David Henry
      Pages 11-27

    3. Marking Behavior in Wild Red Foxes in Response to Synthetic Volatile Urinary Compounds

      • M. C. Wilson, W. K. Whitten, S. R. Wilson, J. W. Jorgenson, M. Novotny, M. Carmack
      Pages 29-38

    4. Chemical Signals in Alarm Behavior of Deer

      • Dietland Müller-Schwarze
      Pages 39-51

    5. Territorial Marking Behavior by the South American Vicuna

      • William L. Franklin
      Pages 53-66

    6. Induction of Settling and Metamorphosis of Planktonic Molluscan (Haliotis) Larvae. III: Signaling by Metabolites of Intact Algae is Dependent on Contact

      • Daniel E. Morse, Mia Tegner, Helen Duncan, Neal Hooker, George Trevelyan, Andrew Cameron
      Pages 67-86

  4. Food Responses

    1. Chemosensory Searching by Rattlesnakes During Predatory Episodes

      • David Chiszar, Kent M. Scudder
      Pages 125-139

    2. What the Nose Learns from the Mouth

      • John Garcia, Kenneth W. Rusiniak
      Pages 141-156

    3. Rat Pup’s Food Consumption as a Function of Preweaning Tastes and Odors

      • Paul M. Bronstein, David P. Crockett
      Pages 157-171

  5. Learning

    1. Experience Affects Behavioral Responses to Sex Odors

      • John Nyby, Glayde Whitney
      Pages 173-192

    2. Development of Olfactory Attraction by Young Norway Rats

      • Michael Leon
      Pages 193-209

    3. Odor Aversion Learning by Neonatal Rats: Ontogeny of Osmic Memory

      • Jerry W. Rudy, Martin D. Cheatle
      Pages 211-228

  6. Priming

    1. The Influence of Pheromones on Puberty in Rodents

      • John G. Vandenbergh
      Pages 229-241

    2. The Modulation of Reproduction by Priming Pheromones in House Mice: Speculations on Adaptive Function

      • F. H. Bronson, Arthur Coquelin
      Pages 243-265

    3. The Major Histocompatibility Complex as a Source of Odors Imparting Individuality among Mice

      • Kunio Yamazaki, Masashi Yamaguchi, Edward A. Boyse, Lewis Thomas
      Pages 267-273
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Research on chemical communication in animals is in a very active and exciting phase; more species are studied, data are accumulating, concepts are changing, and practical application seems feasible. While most of the work on chemical ecology and chemical sig­ nals deals with insects, vertebrate communication provides a formidable challenge and progress has been slow. Joint efforts and frequent direct contacts of ecologists, behaviorists, psychologists, physiologists, histologists and chemists are required. Such an interdisciplinary exchange of information took place on the occasion of the Symposium on Chemical Signals in Vertebrates and Aquatic Animals in Syracuse, New York, from May 31 to June 2, 1979. More than one hundred investigators from seven countries participated, and the papers presented comprise this volume. Since the first Symposium on Vertebrate Chemical Signals at Saratoga Springs in 1976, considerable progress has been made with field studies, the physiology of the vomeronasal organ, and its role in reproductive behavior. The behavioral functions and chemi­ cal nature of priming pheromones are better understood. Efforts to isolate and identify mammalian pheromones are gaining ground, and the bioassays are becoming more sophisticated. In addition to formal presentations, one evening of the Symposi­ um was devoted to round-table discussions of particular topics. The selected themes indicate the "growing points" of chemical communi­ cation research: priming pheromones, vomeronasal organ, bioassay, and practical applications.

Editors and Affiliations

  • State University of New York, Syracuse, USA

    Dietland Müller-Schwarze, Robert M. Silverstein

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chemical Signals

  • Book Subtitle: Vertebrates and Aquatic Invertebrates

  • Editors: Dietland Müller-Schwarze, Robert M. Silverstein

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1027-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-1029-7Published: 13 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-1027-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 446

  • Topics: Zoology

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