Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

This volume presents the proceedings of “Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12”, hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and held between 28th – 31st August, 2011 at the Schloss Friedrichsfelde and the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wild

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Marion L. East • Martin Dehnhard Editors

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

Editors Marion L. East Department of Evolutionary Ecology Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin, Germany

Martin Dehnhard Department of Reproduction Biology Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin, Germany

ISBN 978-1-4614-5926-2 ISBN 978-1-4614-5927-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-5927-9 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012955473 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

This volume reports the proceedings of the 12th meeting of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates International Symposium (www.csiv.org), which was hosted by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) in Berlin, Germany (www.izw-berlin.de). As chemical communication, particularly in social mammals, is a key subject of research interest at the IZW, we were very pleased to host the Congress this time. The meeting took place 38 years after the first symposium in this series which was held in the USA in 1976. Previous meetings were held in Saratoga Springs, New York; Syracuse, New York; Sarasota, Florida; Laramie, Wyoming; Oxford, UK; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tubi