Salamander chemical signaling

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RESPONSES TO SEX- AND SPECIES-SPECIFIC CHEMICAL SIGNALS IN ALLOPATHIC AND SYMPATRIC SALAMANDER SPECIES... 

In this terrestrial salamander system, chemical signals are broadcast in the environment by reproductively active females and are detected by the males as they tap... 

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McDarby, J. H., Madison, D.M. Maerz, J. C. In press. Chemosensory avoidance of predators by the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. In Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (Ed. by R. Johnston), pp. 489-496. New York Plenum Publ. Corp. 

Critical investigations are just beginning, but analyses of salamander courtship pheromones potentially can offer compelling insights at the population level into sources of individual variation in reproductive success. At another level, these pheromones are candidates for examining predictions of sexual selection theory. At either level, the taxonomic variety and evolutionary persistence of courtship pheromone delivery in salamanders is a testimony to the reproductive significance of these chemical signals. 

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