期刊
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 196, 期 10, 页码 751-766出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0534-4
关键词
Avian olfaction; Sex recognition; Self-odor; Kin recognition; Immediate early gene
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 NIH/MH50388]
- King Baudouin Foundation
- Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF)
- [FRFC2.4537.09]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH050388] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Birds are anosmic or at best microsmaticaEuro broken vertical bar This misbelief persisted until very recently and has strongly influenced the outcome of communication studies in birds, with olfaction remaining neglected as compared to acoustic and visual channels. However, there is now clear empirical evidence showing that olfaction is perfectly functional in birds and birds use olfactory information in a variety of ethological contexts. Although the existence of pheromones has never been formally demonstrated in this vertebrate class, different groups of birds, such as petrels, auklets and ducks have been shown to produce specific scents that could play a significant role in within-species social interactions. Behavioral experiments have indeed demonstrated that these odors influence the behavior of conspecifics. Additionally, in quail, deprivation of olfactory inputs decreases neuronal activation induced by sexual interactions with a female. It seems therefore well established that birds enjoy a functional sense of smell and a fast growing body of experimental evidence suggests that they use this channel of olfactory communication to control their social life. The unequivocal identification of an avian pheromone is, however, still ahead of us but there are now many exciting opportunities to unravel the behavioral and physiological particularities of chemical communication in birds.
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