Olfactory communication

Boinski S. (1992). Olfactory communication among Costa Rican squirrel monkeys a field study. Folia Primatol 59, 127-136. 

Hurst J.L. (1989). The complex network of olfactory communication in populations of wild house mice Mus domesticus urine marking and investigation within family groups. Anim Behav 37, 705-725. 

Salamon M. (1996). Olfactory communication in Australian marsupials. In Comparisons of Marsupial and Placental Behaviour (Croft D.B., et al., eds.). Furth, Filander, pp. 46-79. 

Tristram D.A. (1977). Intraspecific olfactory communication in the terrestrial salamander Plethoden cinereus. Copeia 597-600. 

Drea, C.M. and Scordato, E.S. (2007) Olfactory communication in the ringtailed lemur (Lemur cotta) form and function of multimodal signals. In J. Hurst, R. Beynon, C. Roberts and T. Wyatt (Eds.), Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11. Springer Press, New York, pp. 80-90. 

Olfactory Communication in the Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta) Form and Function of Multimodal Signals... 

Abstract To better understand the relation between form and function in the complex olfactory communication system of the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta), we integrated observational, experimental, and chemical approaches applied to a population of semi free-ranging animals at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. Our aim was to examine sex-role reversal in the expression and function of scent marking and unravel the contribution of multimodal components of information transfer, with the unifying framework for all three avenues of our research being that multiplicity of form implies multiplicity of function. 

Hofer, H., East, M., Sammang, I. and Dehnhard, M. (2001) Analysis of volatile compounds in scent-marks of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) and their possible function in olfactory communication. In A.Marchlewska-Koj, D. Muller-Schwarze and J. Lepri (Eds.), Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 9. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 141-148. 

Cantafio, LJ. (2003) Human olfactory communication of alarm and safety. PhD. Thesis. Rutgers University, New Jersey. 

Chen, D. and Haviland-Jones, J. (2000) Human olfactory communication of emotion. Percept. Motor Skill. 91,771-781. 

Behavioral observations of male white-tailed deer indicate that urine could play a role in olfactory communication in this animal [131]. To extend the knowledge of the urinary volatiles of the white-tailed deer and to investigate the possibility that vaginal mucus could also carry semiochemical information, Jemiolo et al. [132] studied the qualitative and concentration changes in the profiles of the volatiles present in these excretions. Forty-four volatiles were found in the mucus and 63 in female urine. The volatiles common to both vaginal mucus and urine included alcohols, aldehydes, furans, ketones, alkanes, and alkenes. Aromatic hydrocarbons were found only in the mucus, whereas pyrans, amines, esters and phenols were found only in the urine. Both estrous mucus and estrous urine could be identified by the presence of specific compounds that were not present in mid-cycle samples. Numerous compounds exhibited dependency on ovarian hormones. 

In the rat, olfactory communication results in the synchronization of estrous cycles within a female social group the majority of females are likely to be at the same phase of their estrous cycles on the same day. 

In old age, humans experience a precipitous drop in olfactoiy ability (Doty et ah, 1984 Doty, 1986 see Section 5.7). Two excellent recent reviews of the ontogeny of human olfaction and olfactory communication are by Doty (1986) and Schaal (1988b). 

Bossert, W. H. and Wilson, E. O. (1963). The analysis of olfactory communication in animals. JourndZo/T/teoreft mZBwZcgy 5,443-469. 

Evolution of cervid olfactory communication. InResearchSymposia oftheNational Zoological Park Biology and Management of Cervidae, ed. C. M. Wemmer, pp. 331-344. Washington DC Smithsonian Institution Press. 

Human olfactory communications. In Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, vol. 3, ed. D. Miiller-Schwarze and R. M. Silverstein, pp. 259-273. New York Plenum. 

Trowbridge, B. J. (1983). Olfactory communication of the European otter Lutra lutra L. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Aberdeen, UK. 

Tietjen, W. J. (1979). Tests for olfactory communication in four species of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae)../. Arachnol., 6,197-206. 

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