Chemical Ecology of VertebratesPublished in 2006, Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates was the first book to focus exclusively on the chemically-mediated interactions between vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, and other animals and plants. Reviewing research in three core areas - pheromones (where the interactions are between members of the same species), interspecific interactions involving allomones (where the sender benefits) and kairomones (where the receiver benefits), it pulls together information from widely scattered technical literature in many different disciplines into a coherent whole. Chapters on the environment, properties of odour signals, and production and release of chemosignals set the stage for discussion of more complex behavioural topics. While the main focus is ecological, dealing with behaviour and interactions in the field, it also covers chemoreception, orientation and navigation, the development of behaviour and the practical applications of chemosignals. |
Contents
Section 18 | 157 |
Section 19 | 171 |
Section 20 | 196 |
Section 21 | 203 |
Section 22 | 227 |
Section 23 | 246 |
Section 24 | 270 |
Section 25 | 320 |
Section 9 | 85 |
Section 10 | 99 |
Section 11 | 100 |
Section 12 | 102 |
Section 13 | 124 |
Section 14 | 146 |
Section 15 | 151 |
Section 16 | 155 |
Section 17 | 156 |
Section 26 | 321 |
Section 27 | 323 |
Section 28 | 325 |
Section 29 | 327 |
Section 30 | 338 |
Section 31 | 364 |
Section 32 | 391 |
Section 33 | 410 |
Section 34 | 416 |
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