Preface
List of Contributors
List of Contents
Part I: Intra-specific Communication in Non-Human Vertebrates
1 Perspectives on chemical signals conveying information in rodents
Michael H. Ferkin
2 Latrines as potential communication centres in short-beaked echidnas
Rachel L. Harris, Jenny Sprent and Stewart C. Nicol
3 Do urinary volatiles carry communicative messages in Himalayan Snow leopards [Panthera uncia, (Schreber, 1775)]?
Subhadeep Das, Sourav Manna, Sandipan Ray, Payel Das, Upashna Rai, Biswatosh Ghosh and Mousumi Poddar Sarkar
4 Encoded information within urine influences behavioural responses among European badgers (Meles meles)
Tanesha M. Allen, Nadine A. Sugianto, Charlotte Ryder, Chris Newman, David W. Macdonald and Christina D. Buesching
5 LPS-induced immune system stimulation alters urinary volatiles and behaviour in growing pigs
Sankarganesh Devaraj, Anoosh Rakhshandeh, Edgar Aviles-Rosa and John J McGlone
6 A field study of wild echidna responses to conspecific odour
Rachel L. Harris, Elissa Z. Cameron and Stewart C. Nicol
8 The social function of latrines: A hypothesis-driven research approach
Christina D. Buesching and Neil Jordan
Part II: Olfaction in Humans
9 The effects of artificial fragrances on human olfactory communication
Caroline Allen, Jan Havl?ček and S. Craig Roberts
10 The human mammary odour factor: Variability and regularities in sources and functions
Benoist Schaal, S?bastien Doucet, Robert Soussignan, Magali Klaey-Tassone, Bruno Patris, and Karine Durand
11 Cross-cultural approaches to better understand chemical communication in humans
Camille Ferdenzi
Part III: Inter-specific Cues and Signals
13 House Mouse (Mus musculus) Avoidance of Olfactory Cues from Ferrets and Other Mammalian and Reptilian Predators: Preliminary Results
Carlos Grau, Eva Teruel, Julius. Leclercq and Patrick Pageat
14 Do carnivores have a world wide web of interspecific scent signals?
Peter Apps, Kasim Rafiq and J. Weldon McNutt
Part IV: Semio-chemistry and Evolution
15 Chemistry between salamanders: Evolution of the SPF courtship pheromone system in Salamandridae
Franky Bossuyt, Margo Maex, Dag Treer, Lisa M. Schulte, Ines Van Bocxlaer and Sunita Janssenswillen
16 Comparative structural modelling of bovine vomeronasal type-1 receptor I (VN1R1) and elucidation o