Studies of mate choice in vertebrates have focused principally on birds, in which male
ornaments are often highly developed, and have shown that females commonly select …

The book aims to integrate our understanding of mammalian societies into a novel synthesis
that is relevant to behavioural ecologists, ecologists, and anthropologists. It adopts a …

Scent-marking is a ubiquitous form of olfactory signaling in male mammals and both
territorial males in resource-defense mating systems and dominant males in dominance …

In many species of rodents, sense of smell is the most important source of information about
the social and nonsocial world. I selectively review the literature on chemical communication …

The quality of an individual's odour can allow potential mates to discriminate against
individuals of low social class, poor health status or unsuitable genotype. Competitive scent …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews how hamsters and meadow voles discriminate
between and remember individuals, recognize kin, engage in competitive advertising by …

Scent marking on top of (overmarking), or in the vicinity of, a scent mark already present is
commonly termed countermarking. Scent marks and countermarks provide a continuous …

The goals of this study were to investigate the transmission and possible functions of
chemical signals in intragroup communication among ring-tailed lemurs, Lemur catta. In …

Understanding badger behaviour and ecology is not only fundamentally interesting, but also
contributes to resolving the conflicting imperatives of conservation or control. Reconciling …

—How would I ever understand pandas? They moved from odor to odor, the air filled with
important messages where I detected nothing “(Schaller, 1993, page 99). In their seminal …