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The Secret Language : Pheromones in the Animal
World by Rebecca L. Johnson / Library Binding
/ Published 1989
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Chemical cues and signals, usually in the
form of odours, play a significant role in
the lives of domestic and wild animals. Odours
may attract or repel and thus influence feeding
and mating behaviour, detection of predators
and prey, social and spatial structure within
groups, and the defence of territories. We
are continually refining our understanding
of these phenomena and finding ever more complex
relationships among the chemical properties
of odour-producing substances, the physiological
mechanisms of olfactory detection, and the
behavioural responses of different kinds of
vertebrates, and of the two sexes under varying
conditions. The fifth in a series on this
subject, this book arises out of a conference
held every two years. It reviews recent work
in this field and presents the results of
the latest research.
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