Pheromones have been found in species in almost every part of the animal kingdom,
including mammals. Pheromones (a molecule or defined combination of molecules) are …

Pheromones and other kinds of chemical communication underlie the behavior of all
animals. Building on the strengths of the first edition, widely recognized as the leading text in …

Many fish species employ hormonal products as sex pheromones, and these cues are often
mixtures that are released with a temporal pattern. This behavior is strikingly similar to that of …

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 …

Published in 2006, Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates was the first book to focus exclusively
on the chemically-mediated interactions between vertebrates including fish, amphibians …

The reality of invisible chemical signals, pheromones, between members of the same
species was recognized long before they could be identified. Charles Darwin proposed that …

Recent insights have revolutionized our understanding of the importance of chemical
signals in influencing vertebrate behaviour. Previously unknown families of pheromonal …

Highlights•A variety of mammalian pheromones have recently been isolated from the
mouse.•Mouse pheromones, cognate sensory neurons, and their elicited behaviors are …

Mammalian pheromones control a myriad of innate social behaviors and acutely regulate
hormone levels. Responses to pheromones are highly robust, reproducible, and stereotyped …

Teleost fish commonly release steroid and prostaglandin hormones and their metabolites to
the water, where some function as water-borne odorants that induce specific physiological …