A comprehensive publication that presents the subject of pheromones in animals in detail. The final section also addresses the topic of human pheromones. Published in English.
All animals communicate using scents called pheromones, which, amongst other things, are used to find mates, to warn off or encourage others of the same or different species, and to label places as ‘home’. The first book to cover the whole animal kingdom at this level for 25 years, it draws examples from humans, insects, fish, snakes and mice. This book takes the reader further into the story of pheromones than all existing texts, but will be understandable and enjoyed by students and researchers from a wide variety of disciplines.
The importance of chemical communication is illustrated in this study with examples from a diverse range of animals including humans, marine copepods, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis elegans, moths, snakes, goldfish, elephants and mice. For students of ecology, evolution and behavior, Tristram Wyatt provides an introduction to the rapid progress in the understanding of olfaction at the molecular and neurological level. In addition, he offers chemists, molecular biologists and neurobiologists insights into the ecological, evolutionary and behavioral context of olfactory communication.
