Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates

by Johnston, Robert E.; Muller-Schwarze, Dietland; Sorensen, Peter W.

• ISBN13: 9780306461149
• ISBN10: 0306461145
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-30
• Publisher: Plenum Pub Corp

Summary

The purpose of this volume is to provide an update and overview of the field of chemical communication in vertebrates, including chemical identification of the signals, sensory mechanisms, interactions between odors and the endocrine system, behavior, and ecology. It gives extensive coverage of a number of vertebrate taxa, especially amphibians, fish, and mammals, and includes both theoretical and review chapters as well as reports of recent research. The volume is divided into ten sections: comparative and revolutionary perspectives; chemical identification of chemical signals; the major histochemical complex and odor communication, social recognition: individuals, kin, and species; signaling behaviors: functions of scent marking; sex, aggression, and social behavior; relationships to endocrine function; predator-prey relationships; neural mechanisms of chemical communication, and practical applications. A wide range of topics and approaches are covered, including animal behavior and ecology, chemistry of odor signals, neurobiology of olfactory function, the role of hormones, the role of the major histocompatability complex, predator-prey relationships, and practical applications such as the use of odors in pest management. No other text in this field covers this range of topics.

Table of Contents

Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives
Signal Specialization and Evolution in Mammals	1	(14)
Dietland Muller-Schwarze
Evolution and Specialization of Fish Hormonal Pheromones	15	(34)
Peter W. Sorensen
Norm E. Stacey
Ecological and Biochemical Constraints on Pheromonal Signaling Systems in Asian Elephants and Their Evolutionary Implications	49	(14)
L. E. L. Rasmussen
Bruce A. Schulte
The Effects of Chemical and Physical Features of Pheromone Plumes upon the Behavioral Responses of Moths	63	(14)
Neil J. Vickers
Scaling Chemosensory Epithelia: How Allometry Is Used to Compare Adaptations	77	(8)
Ellen Dawley
Michelle Miller
Jill Schnader
Olfactory Communication in Australian Marsupials with Particular Reference to Brushtail Possum, Koala, and Eastern Grey Kangaroo	85	(14)
Mario Salamon
Noel W. Davies
D. Michael Stoddart
Chemical Identification of Chemical Signals
Recent Biochemical Insights into Puberty Acceleration, Estrus Induction, and Puberty Delay in the House Mouse	99	(18)
Milos V. Novotny
Weidong Ma
Lukas Zidek
Eugene Daev
Chemical Analysis of Courtship Pheromones in a Plethodontid Salamander	117	(10)
Richard C. Feldhoff
Stephanie M. Rollmann
Lynne D. Houck
Female-Attracting Peptide Pheromone in Newt Cloacal Glands	127	(10)
Sakae Kikuyama
Fumiyo Toyoda
Takeo Iwata
Noriyuki Takahashi
Kazutoshi Yamamoto
Hiroaki Hayashi
Satoshi Miura
Shigeyasu Tanaka
The Role of Protein Binding in Chemical Communication: Major Urinary Proteins in the House Mouse	137	(12)
Robert J. Beynon
Duncan H. L. Robertson
Simon J. Hubbard
Simon J. Gaskell
Jane L. Hurst
How Many Major Urinary Proteins Are Produced by the House Mouse Mus domesticus?	149	(14)
Daniela Pes
Duncan H. L. Robertson
Jane L. Hurst
Simon Gaskell
Robert J. Beynon
The Sternal Gland of the Rufous Elephant-Shrew, Elephantulus rufescens (Macroscelidea, Mammalia): Anatomy, Maturation, and Secretion Composition	163	(10)
Fred W. Koontz
Judy L. Wellington
Paul J. Weldon
The Major Histocompatibility Complex and Odor Communication
Origin, Functions, and Chemistry of H-2 Regulated Odorants	173	(8)
Kunio Yamazaki
Alan Singer
Maryanne Curran
Gary K. Beauchamp
MHC and Olfactory Communication in Humans	181	(8)
F. Eggert
R. Ferstl
W. Muller-Ruchholtz
HLA and Mate Choice	189	(12)
Carole Ober
Lowell R. Weitkamp
Nancy Cox
Perception of HLA-Related Body Odors during the Course of the Menstrual Cycle	201	(8)
Bettina M. Pause
Kerstin Krauel
Frank Eggert
Claudia Muller
Bernfried Sojka
Wolfgang Muller-Ruchholtz
Roman Ferstl
Signaling Behaviors: Functions of Scent Marking
Scent Marks as Competitive Signals of Mate Quality	209	(18)
Jane L. Hurst
Tracey J. Rich
Scent Over-Marking: How Do Hamsters Know Whose Scent Is on Top and Why Should It Matter?	227	(12)
Robert E. Johnston
Scent Over-Marking and Adjacent-Marking as Competitive Tactics Used during Chemical Communication in Voles	239	(8)
Michael H. Ferkin
Freshwater Fish Release Urinary Pheromones in a Pulsatile Manner	247	(10)
Christopher W. Appelt
Peter W. Sorensen
Urine Marking and Social Structure in Groups of Related and Unrelated Female Common Voles (Microtus arvalis)	257	(10)
Sigrid R. Heise
Social Recognition: Individuals, Kin, and Species
Searching for the Source of Urinary Odors of Individuality in Rodents	267	(14)
Heather M. Schellinck
Richard E. Brown
Chemical Signals in the Beaver: One Species, Two Secretions, Many Functions?	281	(8)
L. Sun
D. Mller-Schwarze
Kin and Individual Recognition: Odor Signals, Social Experience, and Mechanisms of Recognition	289	(10)
Josephine Todrank
Giora Heth
Robert E. Johnston
Discrimination of Con- and Heterospecific Odors in Different Taxa of the Mus musculus Species Group: Olfactory Cues as Precopulatory Isolating Mechanism	299	(10)
E. V. Kotenkova
S. V. Naidenko
Scent-Mediated Kin Recognition and a Similar Type of Long-Term Olfactory Memory in Domestic Dogs (Canis familiaris)	309	(6)
Carisa Gillis
Michelle Legarsky
Leanne Lenker
Jill Falkevitz
W. J. Carr
Sex, Aggression, and Social Behavior
Human Pheromones: Releasers or Primers: Fact or Myth	315	(18)
George Preti
Charles J. Wysocki
Airborne Aphrodisiac Odor from Estrous Rats: Implication for Pheromonal Classification	333	(10)
Benjamin D. Sachs
The Harderian Gland of the Blind Mole Rat: Possible Functions	343	(16)
Uri Shanas
Joseph Terkel
Protein-Bound Odorants as Flags of Male Mouse Presence	359	(6)
Carla Mucignat-Caretta
Antonio Caretta
Male Harderian Gland Secretion of the Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) Can Provoke Female Proceptive Behavior	365	(8)
Natalya D. Bodyak
Alexei V. Surov
Differential Importance of Olfactory Information in the Human Heterosexual Response as a Function of Gender	373	(10)
Rachel S. Herz
Musth, Sexual Selection, Testosterone, and Metabolites	383	(16)
Bruce A. Schulte
L. E. L. Rasmussen
Interstrain Odor Preferences and Factors Influencing Growth Rates of Two Strains of Mice and Their Hybrids	399	(8)
Mikhail A. Potapov
Olga F. Potapova
Vadim I. Evsikov
The Functional Significance of Olfactory Cues in the Pine Vole (Microtus pinetorum)	407	(14)
Nancy G. Solomon
Behavioral Evidence for a Sex Pheromone in Female Roughskin Newts, Taricha Granulosa	421	(10)
R. R. Thompson
Z. Tokar
D. Pistohl
F. L. Moore
Relationships to Endocrine Function
Behavioral Responses of Dwarf Hamsters (Phodopus roborovskii and Phodopus sungorus) to Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Odors in Different Seasons	431	(6)
N. Yu. Feoktistova
I. G. Meschersky
Prolactin and Testosterone Mediate Seasonal Differences in Male Preferences for the Odors of Females and the Attractiveness of Male Odors to Females	437	(8)
Stuart T. Leonard
Michael H. Ferkin
Influence of Cats' Urinary Chemosignals on Sexual Maturation and Meiosis in Campbell's Hamster Males (Phodopus campbelli)	445	(12)
Nina Yu. Vasilieva
Elena V. Cherepanova
Larisa D. Safronova
Attractiveness of Male Vole Odor Is Positively Correlated with Pup Viability	457	(6)
Mikhail A. Potapov
Galina G. Nazarova
Vadim I. Evsikov
Physiological Bases of Male Olfactory Cues and Mate Preferences in Prairie Voles: Nutritional History and Testosterone Level	463	(12)
Terry L. Derting
Jill H. Kruper
Jennifer L. Wiles
Mandy L. Carter
Heather M. Furlong
Predator-Prey Relationships
What Good Is Smelly Stuff in the Skin? Cross Function and Cross Taxa Effects in Fish ``Alarm Substances''	475	(14)
R. Jan F. Smith
Chemosensory Avoidance of Predators by Red-Backed Salamanders, Plethodon cinereus	489	(8)
James H. McDarby
Dale M. Madison
John C. Maerz
Changes in Locomotor Activity Following Predator Odor Exposure Are Dependent on Sex and Reproductive Status in the Meadow Vole	497	(8)
Tara Perrot-Sinal
Martin Kavaliers
K.-Peter Ossenkopp
Chemosensory Responses of Salamanders to Snake Odors: Flight, Freeze, and Dissociation	505	(12)
Dale M. Madison
John C. Maerz
James H. McDarby
Neural Mechanisms of Chemical Communication
The Impact of Molecular Biological Research on Current Views of Olfactory Coding	517	(8)
Kathleen M. Dorries
Spatial Representation of Odors in the Zebrafish Olfactory Epithelium and Olfactory Bulb	525	(10)
Sigrun I. Korsching
Rainer W. Friedrich
Andreas Rummrich
Franco Weth
Fos-Like Immunoreactivity in the Vomeronasal Receptor Neurons of Mice	535	(14)
Woochan Jang
H. David
Eric Walters
J. A. Maruniak
Lateral Olfactory Tract Transections Impair Discrimination of Individual Odors, Sex Odor Preferences, and Scent Marking in Female Golden Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus)	549	(14)
Aras Petrulis
Marlene Peng
Robert E. Johnston
Long-Lasting Effects of Chemical Exposures in Mice	563	(10)
Vera V. Voznessenskaya
Charles J. Wysocki
Elena S. Chukhrai
Oles M. Poltorack
Larisa F. Atyaksheva
Comparative Aspects of Fish Taste Bud Ultrastructure	573	(10)
Klaus Reutter
Martin Witt
Histological Changes in the Fetal Human Vomeronasal Epithelium during Volumetric Growth of the Vomeronasal Organ	583	(10)
Timothy D. Smith
Michael I. Siegel
Annie M. Burrows
Mark P. Mooney
Alphonse R. Burdi
Philip A. Fabrizio
F. Richard Clemente
Two Physiologically Different Types of Relay Neurons in the Olfactory Bulb of Goldfish	593	(6)
H. P. Zippel
Putative Steroidal Sex Pheromones in the Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus: Good Correlation between Behavioural and Sensory Discrimination	599	(8)
Cheryl A. Murphy
Norm E. Stacey
Olfactory Responses to a Female-Attracting Pheromone in the Newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster	607	(10)
Fumiyo Toyoda
Yasuyuki Hayakawa
Masumi Ichikawa
Sakae Kikuyama
Is There a Time during Neonatal Development for Maximal Imprinting of Odor?	617	(6)
Vera V. Voznessenskaya
Natalia Yu. Feoktistova
Charles J. Wysocki
Practical Applications
Bird Repellents: Interactions of Agents in Mixture	623	(10)
Larry Clark
Modification of Exploratory Behavior by House Mice (Mus domesticus) in Response to Fox Fecal Odor	633	(8)
J. E. Gurney
R. W. Watkins
G. E. Dunsford
D. P. Cowan
PCBs in the Olfactory Bulbs and Brain of Ferrets after Long-Term Exposure	641	(8)
Axel Engelhart
Raimund Apfelbach
Peter Behnisch
Hanspaul Hagenmaier
The Development of Chemosensory Attractants for Brown Tree Snakes	649	(6)
John A. Shivik
Larry Clark
The Use of Familiar Odors to Reduce the Impact of Container Neophobia on the Control of Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus)	655	(8)
Richard W. Watkins
Anne Whiterow
Dominic S. Bull
David P. Cowan
Index	663