Bookeditor, Christina D. Buesching.
Summary: In August 2017, the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates (CSiV) group held its 14th triennial meeting. This well established international conference brings together leaders and students in the field of olfactory communication and chemical signaling of vertebrates to present new advances in their research as well as synopses of disparate areas under new angles. This volume is a collection of the proceedings of this meeting that covers a wide variety of topics in chemical ecology.
Contents:
Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Intra-specific Communication in Non-Human Vertebrates; Perspectives on Chemical Signals Conveying Information in Rodents; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Sources of Scents; 3 Concluding Thoughts; Acknowledgements; References; Latrines as Potential Communication Centres in Short-Beaked Echidnas; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Study Site and Animals; 2.2 Latrine Location in Relation to Habitat Type and Core Home Ranges; 2.3 Temporal Patterns of Latrine Visits and Echidna Behaviour; 3 Results 2.1 Study Population and Sample Collection2.2 Scent-Playback Experiments and Behavioural Observations; 2.3 Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) Analyses of Urinary Oestradiol and Testosterone Metabolites; 2.3.1 Oestrogen EIA (Ng/Ml); 2.3.2 Testosterone EIA (Ng/Ml); 2.3.3 Normalisation of Urinary Hormone Concentration with Specific Gravity; 2.4 Statistical Analysis; 2.4.1 Behavioural Observations with Scent-Playback Experiments; 2.4.2 Correlating Behavioural Observations with EIA Analyses; 3 Results; 3.1 Behavioural Observations with Scent-Playback Experiments 2.2 Eye Temperature Measurement and Recording of Pig Behaviour2.3 Headspace Volatile Extraction and Analysis Using SPME-GC-MS; 2.4 Peak Area Measurement; 2.5 Statistical Analysis; 3 Results; 3.1 LPS Treatment Increases Body Temperature and Induces Sickness Behaviours in Pigs; 3.2 LPS Treatment Quantitatively Changes the Urinary Headspace Volatile Compounds; 4 Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; A Field Study of Wild Echidna Responses to Conspecific Odour; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; References; How Diet Affects Vertebrate Semiochemistry 3.1 Latrine Location in Relation to Habitat Type and Core Home Ranges 3.2 Echidna Behaviour at Latrines; 4 Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; Do Urinary Volatiles Carry Communicative Messages in Himalayan Snow Leopards [Panthera uncia, (Schreber, 1775)]?; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Collection of Samples; 2.2 Chemical Analysis; 2.3 Statistical Data Analysis; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; Acknowledgements; References; Encoded Information Within Urine Influences Behavioural Responses Among European Badgers (Meles meles); Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods 3.2 Effects of Age-Related Information on Behavioural Responses3.3 Effects of Sex-Related Information on Behavioural Responses; 3.4 Effects of Familiarity on Behavioural Responses; 3.5 Correlating Behavioural Observations with Sex-Steroid Levels; 3.5.1 Effects of Female Donor Oestradiol Levels; 3.5.2 Effects of Male Donor Testosterone Levels; 4 Discussion; References; LPS-Induced Immune System Stimulation Alters Urinary Volatiles and Behaviour in Growing Pigs; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Materials and Methods; 2.1 Pigs and Urine Collection