Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10,9780387251592

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10

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ISBN13: 9780387251592
ISBN10: 0387251596
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-06-30
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary

This volume is comprised of the proceedings of Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10, held July 29th through August 1st, 2003 at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. The volume includes the state-of-the-art in chemical signaling among vertebrates.

Table of Contents

PERSPECTIVES IN CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
1. Thirty years on the odor trail: From the first to the tenth international symposium on chemical signals in vertebrates
1(6)
D. Muller-Schwarze
2. Pheromones: Convergence and contrasts in insects and vertebrates
7(14)
T.D. Wyatt
PART I: INTRASPECIFIC BEHAVIOR
COMMUNICATION IN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
3. The discovery and characterization of splendipherin, the first anuran sex pheromone
21(3)
M.A. Apponyi and J.H. Bowie
4. Chemically mediated mate recognition in the tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)
24(8)
M.J. Asay, P.G. Harowicz, and L. Su
5. Responses to sex- and species-specific chemical signals in allopatric and sympatric salamander species
32(10)
C.A. Palmer and L.D. Houck
6. The pheromonal repelling response in red-spotted newts (Notophthalmus viridescens)
42(7)
D. Park, H.L. Eisthen, and C.R. Propper
7. The effects of cloacal secretions on brown tree snake behavior
49(7)
M.J. Greene and R.T. Mason
COMMUNICATION IN MAMMALS
8. Species and sub-species recognition in the North American beaver
56(8)
A.M. Peterson, L. Sun, and F. Rosell
9. Self-grooming in meadow voles
64(6)
M.H. Ferkin
10. Protein content of male diet does not influence proceptive or receptive behavior in female meadow voles, Microtus pennsylvanicus
70(7)
A.A. Pierce, M.H. Ferkin, and N.P. Patel
11. The signaling of competitive ability by male house mice
77(12)
N. Malone, S.D. Armstrong, R.E. Humphries, R.J. Beynon, and J.L. Hurst
12. A possible function for female enurination in the mara, Dolichotis patagonum
89(4)
D.S. Ottway, S.J. Pankhurst, and J.S. Waterhouse
13. The evolution of perfume-blending and wing sacs in emballonurid bats
93(8)
C.C. Voigt
14. Behavioral responsiveness of captive giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) to substrate odors from conspecifics of the opposite sex
101(9)
D. Liu, G. Zhang, R. Wei, H. Zhang, J. Fang, and R. Sun
15. Chemical signals in giant panda urine (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
110(8)
M. Dehnhard, T. Hildebrandt, T. Knauf, A. Ochs, J. Ringleb, and F. Göritz
16. Chemical communication of musth in captive Asian elephants, Elephas maximus
118(10)
N.L. Scott and L.E.L. Rasmussen
17. Chemical analysis of preovulatory female African elephant urine: A search for putative pheromones
128(12)
T.E. Goodwin, L. E.L. Rasmussen, B.A. Schulte, P.A. Brown, B.L. Davis, W.M. Dill, N.C. Dowdy, A.R. Hicks, R.G. Morshedi, D. Mwanza, and H. Loizi
18. Assessing chemical communication in elephants
140(12)
B.A. Schulte, K. Bagley, M. Correll, A. Gray, S.M. Heineman, H. Loizi, M. Malament, N.L. Scott, B.E. Slade, L. Stanley, T.E. Goodwin, and L.E.L. Rasmussen
19. The gland and the sac - the preorbital apparatus of muntjacs
152(7)
S.J. Rehorek, W.J. Hillenius, J. Kennaugh, and N. Chapman
20. The chemistry of scent marking in two lemurs: Lemur catta and Propithecus verreauxi coguereli
159(9)
R.A. Hayes, T. Morelli, and P.C. Wright
PRIMING IN MAMMALS
21. Soiled bedding from group-housed females exerts strong influence on male reproductive condition
168(5)
S. Koyama and S. Kamimura
PROTEINS, MUPs, MHC
22. The role of the major histocompatibility complex in scent communication
173(10)
M.D. Thom, R.J. Beynon, and J.L. Hurst
23. Characterisation of proteins in scent marks: Proteomics meets semiochemistry
183(16)
D.H.L. Robertson, S. Cheetham, S. Armstrong, J.L. Hurst, and R.J. Beynon
24. The "scents" of ownership
199(10)
J.L. Hurst, M.D. Thom, C.M. Nevison, R.E. Humphries, and R.J. Beynon
25. The role of scent in inter-male aggression in house mice & laboratory mice
209(7)
J.C. Lacey and J.L. Hurst
VOMERONASAL SYSTEMS AND MAIN OLFACTORY SYSTEMS
26. Chemical signals and vomeronasal system function in axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum)
216(12)
H.L. Eisthen and D. Park
27. From the eye to the nose: Ancient orbital to vomeronasal communication in tetrapods?
228(14)
W.J. Hillenius and S.J. Rehorek
28. Prey chemical signal transduction in the vomeronasal system of garter snakes
242(14)
M. Halpern, A.R. Cinelli, and D. Wang
29. Mode of delivery of prey-derived chemoattractants to the olfactory and vomeronasal epithelia results in differential firing of mitral cells in the main and accessory olfactory bulbs of garter snakes
256(13)
C. Li, J. Kubie, and M. Halpern
30. Communication by mosaic signals: Individual recognition and underlying neural mechanisms
269(14)
R.E. Johnston
31. Sexual dimorphism in the accessory olfactory bulb and vomeronasal organ of the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica
283(8)
J.H. Mansfield, W. Quan, C. Jia, and M. Halpern
32. The neurobiology of odor-based sexual preference: The case of the Golden hamster
291(9)
A. Petrulis
HUMANS
33. Retention of olfactory memories by newborn infants
300(8)
R.H. Porter and J.J. Rieser
34. Human sweaty smell does not affect women's menstrual cycle
308(5)
L. Sun, W.A. Williams, and C. Avalos
PART II: INTERSPECIFIC RESPONSES
PREDATOR AND ALARM CUES IN FISH AND AMPHIBIANS
35. Local predation risk assessment based on low concentration chemical alarm cues in prey fishes: Evidence for threat-sensitivity
313(8)
G.E. Brown
36. Learned recognition of heterospecific alarm cues by prey fishes: A case study of minnows and stickleback
321(7)
M.S. Pollock, D.P. Chivers, R.C. Kusch, R.J. Tremaine, R.G. Friesen, X. Zhao, and G.E. Brown
37. The response of prey fishes to chemical alarm cues: What recent field experiments reveal about the old testing paradigm
328(6)
R.J. Tremaine, M.S. Pollock, R.G. Friesen, R.C. Kusch, and D.P. Chivers
38. Response of juvenile goldfish (Carassius auratus) to chemical alarm cues: Relationship between response intensity, response duration, and the level of predation risk
334(8)
X. Zhao and D.P. Chivers
39. The effects of predation of phenotypic and life history variation in an aquatic vertebrate
342(7)
R.C. Kusch, R.S. Mirza, M.S. Pollock, R.J. Tremaine, and D.P. Chivers
40. Nocturnal shift in the antipredator response to predator-diet cues in laboratory and field trials
349(8)
A.M. Sullivan, D.M. Madison, and J.C. Maerz
41. Long-term persistence of a salamander anti-predator cue
357(8)
M.P. Machura and D.M. Madison
42. Decline in avoidance of predator chemical cues: Habituation or biorhythm shift?
365(8)
D.M. Madison, J.C. Maerz, and A.M. Sullivan
43. Chemically mediated life-history shifts in embryonic amphibians
373(8)
R.S. Mirza and J.M. Kiesecker
44. Latent alarm signals: Are they present in vertebrates?
381(8)
O.B. Stabell
PREYING AND FORAGING IN REPTILES, BIRDS, AND MAMMALS
45. Blood is not a cue for poststrike trailing in rattlesnakes
389(8)
T.L. Smith and K.V. Kardong
46. Rattlesnakes can use airborne cues during post-strike prey relocation
397(6)
M.R. Parker and K.V. Kardong
47. The sense of smell in procellariiforms: An overview and new direction
403(6)
G.B. Cunningham and G.A. Nevitt
48. Cottontails and gopherweed: Anti-feeding compounds from a spurge
409(8)
D. Müller-Schwarze and J. Giner
Subject Index 417

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