Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Signal Specialization and Evolution in Mammals....Pages 1-14
Evolution and Specialization of Fish Hormonal Pheromones....Pages 15-47
Ecological and Biochemical Constraints on Pheromonal Signaling Systems in Asian Elephants and Their Evolutionary Implications....Pages 49-62
The Effects of Chemical and Physical Features of Pheromone Plumes Upon the Behavioral Responses of Moths....Pages 63-76
Scaling Chemosensory Epithelia....Pages 77-84
Olfactory Communication in Australian Marsupials with Particular Reference to Brushtail Possum, Koala, and Eastern Grey Kangaroo....Pages 85-98
Recent Biochemical Insights into Puberty Acceleration, Estrus Induction, and Puberty Delay in the House Mouse....Pages 99-116
Chemical Analysis of Courtship Pheromones in a Plethodontid Salamander....Pages 117-125
Female-Attracting Peptide Pheromone in Newt Cloacal Glands....Pages 127-136
The Role of Protein Binding in Chemical Communication....Pages 137-147
How Many Major Urinary Proteins are Produced by the House Mouse Mus Domesticus ?....Pages 149-161
The Sternal Gland of the Rufous Elephant-Shrew, Elephantulus Rufescens (Macroscelidea, Mammalia)....Pages 163-171
Origin, Functions, and Chemistry of H-2 Regulated Odorants....Pages 173-180
MHC and Olfactory Communication in Humans....Pages 181-188
HLA and Mate Choice....Pages 189-199
Perception of HLA-Related Body Odors During the Course of the Menstrual Cycle....Pages 201-207
Scent Marks as Competitive Signals of Mate Quality....Pages 209-225
Scent Over-Marking....Pages 227-238
Scent Over-Marking and Adjacent-Marking as Competitive Tactics Used During Chemical Communication in Voles....Pages 239-246
Freshwater Fish Release Urinary Pheromones in a Pulsatile Manner....Pages 247-256
Urine Marking and Social Structure in Groups of Related and Unrelated Female Common Voles ( Microtus Arvalis )....Pages 257-265
Searching for the Source of Urinary Odors of Individuality in Rodents....Pages 267-280
Chemical Signals in the Beaver....Pages 281-288
Kin and Individual Recognition....Pages 289-297
Discrimination of Con- and Heterospecific Odors in Different Taxa of the Mus Musculus Species Group....Pages 299-308
Scent-Mediated Kin Recognition and a Similar Type of Long-Term Olfactory Memory in Domestic Dogs ( Canis Familiaris )....Pages 309-314
Human Pheromones: Releasers or Primers....Pages 315-331
Airborne Aphrodisiac Odor From Estrous Rats....Pages 333-342
The Harderian Gland of the Blind Mole Rat....Pages 343-358
Protein-Bound Odorants as Flags of Male Mouse Presence....Pages 359-364
Male Harderian Gland Secretion of the Golden Hamster ( Mesocricetus Auratus ) Can Provoke Female Proceptive Behavior....Pages 365-372
Differential Importance of Olfactory Information in the Human Heterosexual Response as a Function of Gender....Pages 373-382
Musth, Sexual Selection, Testosterone, and Metabolites....Pages 383-397
Interstrain Odor Preferences and Factors Influencing Growth Rates of Two Strains of Mice and Their Hybrids....Pages 399-406
The Functional Significance of Olfactory Cues in the Pine Vole ( Microtus Pinetorum )....Pages 407-419
Behavioral Evidence for a Sex Pheromone in Female Roughskin Newts, Taricha Granulosa ....Pages 421-429
Behavioral Responses of Dwarf Hamsters ( Phodopus Roborovskii and Phodopus Sungorus ) to Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Odors in Different Seasons....Pages 431-436
Prolactin and Testosterone Mediate Seasonal Differences in Male Preferences for the Odors of Females and the Attractiveness of Male Odors to Females....Pages 437-443
Influence of Cats’ Urinary Chemosignals on Sexual Maturation and Meiosis in Campbell’s Hamster Males ( Phodopus Campbelli )....Pages 445-455
Attractiveness of Male Vole Odor is Positively Correlated with Pup Viability....Pages 457-462
Physiological Bases of Male Olfactory Cues and Mate Preferences in Prairie Voles....Pages 463-473
What Good is Smelly Stuff in the Skin? Cross Function and Cross Taxa Effects in Fish “Alarm Substances”....Pages 475-487
Chemosensory Avoidance of Predators by Red-Backed Salamanders, Plethodon Cinereus ....Pages 489-495
Changes in Locomotor Activity Following Predator Odor Exposure are Dependent on Sex and Reproductive Status in the Meadow Vole....Pages 497-504
Chemosensory Responses of Salamanders to Snake Odors....Pages 505-516
The Impact of Molecular Biological Research on Current Views of Olfactory Coding....Pages 517-523
Spatial Representation of Odors in the Zebrafish Olfactory Epithelium and Olfactory Bulb....Pages 525-533
Fos-Like Immunoreactivity in the Vomeronasal Receptor Neurons of Mice....Pages 535-547
Lateral Olfactory Tract Transections Impair Discrimination of Individual Odors, Sex Odor Preferences, and Scent Marking In Female Golden Hamsters ( Mesocricetus Auratus )....Pages 549-561
Long-Lasting Effects of Chemical Exposures in Mice....Pages 563-571
Comparative Aspects of Fish Taste Bud Ultrastructure....Pages 573-581
Histological Changes in the Fetal Human Vomeronasal Epithelium During Volumetric Growth of the Vomeronasal Organ....Pages 583-591
Two Physiologically Different Types of Relay Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb of Goldfish....Pages 593-597
Putative Steroidal Sex Pheromones in the Round Goby, Neogobius Melanostomus ....Pages 599-605
Olfactory Responses to a Female-Attracting Pheromone in the Newt, Cynops Pyrrhogaster ....Pages 607-615
Is There a Time During Neonatal Development for Maximal Imprinting of Odor?....Pages 617-622
Bird Repellents....Pages 623-632
Modification of Exploratory Behavior by House Mice ( Mus Domesticus ) in Response to Fox Fecal Odor....Pages 633-640
PCBs in the Olfactory Bulbs and Brain of Ferrets After Long-Term Exposure....Pages 641-647
The Development of Chemosensory Attractants for Brown Tree Snakes....Pages 649-654
The Use of Familiar Odors to Reduce the Impact of Container Neophobia on the Control of Norway Rats ( Rattus Norvegicus )....Pages 655-661
Back Matter....Pages 663-674