Ringtailed lemurs lemur

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. 

Evans, C.S. and Goy, R.W. (1968) Social behaviour and reproductive cycles in captive ringtailed lemurs (Lemur catta). J. Zool, Lond. 156, 181-197. 

Scordato, E.S., Dubay, G. and Drea, C.M. (2007) Chemical composition of scent marks in the ringtailed lemur, Lemur catta glandular differences, individual signatures, and seasonal variation. Chem. Senses. In press. 

SCO 07a] ScoRDATO E.S., Drea CM., Scents and sensibility information content of olfactory signals in the ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) . Animal Behaviour, vol. 73, pp. 301-314,2007. 

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