UID:
almafu_9959243307402883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 391 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-12665-7
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1-280-95582-1
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9786610955824
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0-511-20278-4
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0-511-35133-X
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0-511-07734-3
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0-511-55556-3
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0-511-61506-X
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0-511-07577-4
Content:
We are entering one of the most exciting periods in the study of chemical communication since the first pheromones were identified some 40 years ago. This rapid progress is reflected in this book, the first to cover the whole animal kingdom at this level for 25 years. The importance of chemical communication is illustrated with examples from a diverse range of animals including humans, marine copepods, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, moths, snakes, goldfish, elephants and mice. It is designed to be advanced, but at the same time accessible to readers whatever their scientific background. For students of ecology, evolution and behaviour, this book gives an introduction to the rapid progress in our understanding of olfaction at the molecular and neurological level. In addition, it offers chemists, molecular and neurobiologists an insight into the ecological, evolutionary and behavioural context of olfactory communication.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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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
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Chapter 10 Finding the source: pheromones and orientation behaviourChapter 11 Breaking the code: illicit signallers and receivers of semiochemical signals; Chapter 12 Using pheromones: applications; Chapter 13 On the scent of human attraction: human pheromones?; Appendix A1 An Introduction to Pheromones for Non-Chemists; Appendix A2 Isomers and Pheromones; Appendix A3 Further Reading on Pheromone Chemical Structure; References; List of Credits; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-48526-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-48068-X
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511615061
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