Comments on recent work by Zhang and colleagues: "Uropygial gland-secreted alkanols contribute to olfactory sex signals in budgerigars".
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Comments on Recent Work by Zhang and Colleagues: ‘‘Uropygial GlandSecreted Alkanols Contribute to Olfactory Sex Signals in Budgerigars’’ Jérôme Mardon, Sandra M. Saunders and Francesco Bonadonna Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Population Biology, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CEFE-CNRS UMR 5175), 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France and Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry Research (AECR) Group, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Comments on Recent Work by Zhang and Colleagues: ‘‘Uropygial Gland- Secreted Alkanols Contribute to Olfactory Sex Signals in Budgerigars’’
Comments on Recent Work by Zhang and Colleagues: ‘‘Uropygial GlandSecreted Alkanols Contribute to Olfactory Sex Signals in Budgerigars’’ Jérôme Mardon, Sandra M. Saunders and Francesco Bonadonna Behavioural Ecology Group, Department of Population Biology, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CEFE-CNRS UMR 5175), 1919 route de Mende, 34293 M...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Chemical senses
دوره 36 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011