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Pheromones and Animal Behaviour :Communication by Smell and Taste.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Pheromones and Animal Behaviour :
Reminder of title:	Communication by Smell and Taste.
Author:	Wyatt, Tristram D.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003.
Description:	409 p.
Subject:	Animal communication.
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511615061 (electronic bk.)

Pheromones and Animal Behaviour :Communication by Smell and Taste.
Wyatt, Tristram D.

Pheromones and Animal Behaviour :Communication by Smell and Taste.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2003. - 409 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Animals in a chemical world; Chapter 2 Discovering pheromones; Chapter 3 Sex pheromones: Finding and choosing mates; Chapter 4 Coming together and keeping apart: aggregation and host-marking pheromones; Chapter 5 Scent marking and territorial behaviour; Chapter 6 Pheromones and social organisation; Chapter 7 Pheromones and recruitment communication; Chapter 8 Fight or flight: alarm pheromones; Chapter 9 Perception and action of pheromones: from receptor molecules to brains and behaviour

How do animals, including humans, communicate with each other by scent? Chemical scents and smells are used by a huge variety of animals to find mates, warn off enemies, and as alarm signals, amongst other things. Students will find this a readable and enjoyable introduction to this fascinating field.

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ISBN: 9780511615061 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

180807
Animal communication.
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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QL776 .W93 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 573.929

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