Urinary Olfactory Chemosignals in Lactating Females Show More Attractness to Male Root Voles (Microtus oeconomus)

摘要: Chemical communication among individuals of the same species serves several important functions, including sexual attraction (Achiraman and Archunan 2002, 2005, Brennan Keverne 2004), interference with puberty, estrus cycle, pregnancy (Dominic 1991, Drickamer 1999). Odors also act as social behavior signals, in territorial marking (Doty 1980, Prakash Idris 1992), individual identification (Hurst et al 1998, Poddar-Sarkar Brahmachary 1999), mother-young interactions (Schaal al. 2003), initiation aggression (Mugford Nowell 1971), mammals especially. The pheromones that animals secrete externally are used to communicate conspecific receivers, which react by behavioral response or developmental process (Wyatt 2003).