Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12 [Paperback]

Three invited international experts present overviews of recent developments in key fields and will submit chapters for the book. Jane Hurst from Liverpool University in the UK? presents an overview on the function, mechanisms and evolution of chemical signals, Penelope Hawkins from the University of Western Australia will detail the importance of male odors in female mate-choice and the priming of female reproduction, and Francesco Bonadonna from CNRS-CEFE, Montpellier in France presents an overview of the importance of chemical signals for the formation and maintenance of pair-bonds, parent  offspring recognition and navigation in seabirds. Select submissions?are invited by the scientific committee to contribute chapters. This book covers a broad range of topics on chemical communication relevant to vertebrates, including sexual selection, predator avoidance, migration, mother-offspring communication, social organisation, and management of farm animals.Part 1.?Olfaction: Receptors and Neural Processing.- 1. Neural Substrate to Associate Odorants and Pheromones: Convergence of Projections from the Main and Accessory Olfactory Bulbs in Mice.- 2. Acceleration of Puberty Onset in Female Mice by Male Urinary Odours: Chemosensory, Physiological and Neuroendocrine Mechanisms.- 3. The Recessus Olfactorius: A Cryptic Olfactory Organ of Anuran Amphibians.- Part 2? Mother-Offspring Communication.- 4. Smell, Suck, Survive: Chemical Signals and Suckling in the Rabbit, Cat and Dog.- 5. Neonatal Recognition in Sheep.- 6. Suckling Odours in Rats and Mice: Biological Substrates that Guide Newborns to the Nipple.- 7. The Role of Olfaction at Birth in Marsupial and Monotreme Mammals.- Part 3. Pheromones and Social Organisation.- 8. Individual Variation in Pheromone Isoform Ratios of the Red-Legged Salamander, Plethodon shermani.- 9. Rodent Urinary Proteins: Genetic Identity Signals and Pheromones.- 10??? From Exploration to Selective Information Gathering: The Development of ChemolC¶