Recognition of prey odor in wild meerkats

Although mongooses are well-known to use odor cues in social communication, whether they also use olfaction in foraging is unknown. In this study, I investigated the olfactory ability of wild meerkats to recognize prey items that vary in frequency in their diet. Meerkats aged from 28 days to 2 years...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Chemoecology 2017-04, Vol.27 (2), p.85-90
1. Verfasser:	Leclaire, Sarah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Beetles Biomedical and Life Sciences Biting Biting behavior Buds Chemical communication Chemical stimuli Cotton Crickets Cues Dung Ecology Entomology Forage Larvae Life Sciences Nature Conservation Odor recognition Odors Olfaction Olfactory stimuli Prey Short Communication Smell
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