Scents that matter - from olfactory stimuli to genes, behaviors and beyond

• Kaituhi matua: Thomas Endres (auth)
• Ētahi atu kaituhi: Yasushi Kiyokawa (auth), Markus Fendt (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Rangatū: Frontiers Research Topics
• Ngā marau: Neurosciences; predators; Odors; Social Behavior; Olfaction; defensive behavior; olfactory receptors; Behavior; Mammals; Communication
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Scents can carry a lot of important information about the environment, conspecifics and other species. While some of these scents are positively related, as the odor of food, mating partners, or familiar conspecifics, other scents are associated with negative situations and events, e.g. the occurren...