Journal Review 3: Olfactory or Electrolocation Reviews



ALDRIDGE, R. D., BUFALINO, A. P. & REEVES, A. (2005) Pheromone communication in the watersnake, Nerodia sipedon: A mechanistic difference between semi-aquatic and terrestrial species. American Midland Naturalist, 154, 412-422.

AVRIL, A. & GRAFF, C. (2007) Active electrolocation of polarized objects by a pulse-discharging electric fish, Gnathonemus petersii. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 193, 1221-1234.

BACELO, J., ENGELMANN, J., HOLLMANN, M., VON DER EMDE, G. & GRANT, K. (2008) Functional Foveae in an Electrosensory System. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 511, 342-359.

BAGLEY, K. R., GOODWIN, T. E., RASMUSSEN, L. E. L. & SCHULTE, B. A. (2006) Male African elephants, Loxodonta africana, can distinguish oestrous status via urinary signals. Animal Behaviour, 71, 1439-1445.

BERGLUND, H., LINDSTROM, P., DHEJNE-HELMY, C. & SAVIC, I. (2008) Male-to-female transsexuals show sex-atypical hypothalamus activation when smelling odorous steroids. Cerebral Cortex, 18, 1900-1908.

BRECHBUHL, J., KLAEY, M. & BROILLET, M. C. (2008) Grueneberg ganglion cells mediate alarm pheromone detection in mice. Science, 321, 1092-1095.

BURGENER, N., DEHNHARD, M., HOFER, H. & EAST, M. L. (2009) Does anal gland scent signal identity in the spotted hyaena? Animal Behaviour, 77, 707-715.

CHAGNAUD, B. P., WILKENS, L. A. & HOFMANN, M. H. (2008) Receptive field organization of electrosensory neurons in the paddlefish (Polyodon spathula). Journal of Physiology-Paris, 102, 246-255.

CLUCAS, B., ROWE, M. P., OWINGS, D. H. & ARROWOOD, P. C. (2008) Snake scent application in ground squirrels, Spermophilus spp.: A novel form of antipredator behaviour? Animal Behaviour, 75, 299-307.

FORNASIERO, S., BRESCIANI, E., DENDI, F. & ZUFFI, M. A. L. (2007) Pheromone trailing in male European whip snake, Hierophis viridiflavus. Amphibia-Reptilia, 28, 555-559.

HAGELIN, J. C. & JONES, I. L. (2007) Bird odors and other chemical substances: A defense mechanism or overlooked mode of intraspecific communication? Auk, 124, 741-761.

HANSEN, A. (2007) Olfactory and solitary chemosensory cells: two different chemosensory systems in the nasal cavity of the American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. Bmc Neuroscience, 8.

HOLLISTER-SMITH, J. A., ALBERTS, S. C. & RASMUSSEN, L. E. L. (2008) Do male African elephants, Loxodonta africana, signal musth via urine dribbling? Animal Behaviour, 76, 1829-1841.

HOLLMANN, M., ENGELMANN, J. & VON DER EMDE, G. (2008) Distribution, density and morphology of electroreceptor organs in mormyrid weakly electric fish: anatomical investigations of a receptor mosaic. Journal of Zoology, 276, 149-158.

HUANG, G. Z., ZHANG, J. J., WANG, D., MASON, R. T. & HALPERN, M. (2006) Female snake sex pheromone induces membrane responses in vomeronasal sensory neurons of male snakes. Chemical Senses, 31, 521-529.

KELLER, A. & VOSSHALL, L. B. (2008) Better smelling through genetics: mammalian odor perception. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 18, 364-369.

LORENZO, D. & MACADAR, O. (2005) Influence of temperature and reproductive state upon the jamming avoidance response in the pulse-type electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology, 191, 85-94.

MACHNIK, P. & KRAMER, B. (2008) Female choice by electric pulse duration: attractiveness of the males' communication signal assessed by female bulldog fish, Marcusenius pongolensis (Mormyridae, Teleostei). Journal of Experimental Biology, 211, 1969-1977.

MALKA, O., KATZAV-GOZANSKY, T. & HEFETZ, A. (2009) Uncoupling fertility from fertility-associated pheromones in worker honeybees (Apis mellifera). Journal of Insect Physiology, 55, 205-209.

MATSUSHITA, A. & KAWASAKI, M. (2005) Neuronal sensitivity to microsecond time disparities in the electrosensory system of Gymnarchus niloticus. Journal of Neuroscience, 25, 11424-11432.

MIGLIARO, A., CAPUTI, A. A. & BUDELLI, R. (2005) Theoretical analysis of pre-receptor image conditioning in weakly electric fish. Plos Computational Biology, 1, 123-131.

NIIMURA, Y. & NEI, M. (2005) Comparative evolutionary analysis of olfactory receptor gene clusters between humans and mice. Gene, 346, 13-21.

ROBERTSON, H. M. & WANNER, K. W. (2006) The chemoreceptor superfamily in the honey bee, Apis mellifera: Expansion of the odorant, but not gustatory, receptor family. Genome Research, 16, 1395-1403.

SHABANI, S., KAMIO, M. & DERBY, C. D. (2008) Spiny lobsters detect conspecific blood-borne alarm cues exclusively through olfactory sensilla. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211, 2600-2608.

SILVA, A., PERRONE, R. & MACADAR, O. (2007) Environmental, seasonal, and social modulations of basal activity in a weakly electric fish. Physiology & Behavior, 90, 525-536.

STEIGER, S. S., FIDLER, A. E., VALCU, M. & KEMPENAERS, B. (2008) Avian olfactory receptor gene repertoires: evidence for a well-developed sense of smell in birds? Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 275, 2309-2317.

VON DER EMDE, G. & FETZ, S. (2007) Distance, shape and more: recognition of object features during active electrolocation in a weakly electric fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 210, 3082-3095.

WALDMAN, B. & BISHOP, P. J. (2004) Chemical communication in an archaic anuran amphibian. Behavioral Ecology, 15, 88-93.

WHITING, M., WEBB, J. & KEOGH, S. (2009) Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, online.

WILGERS, D. J. & HORNE, E. A. (2009) Discrimination of chemical stimuli in conspecific fecal pellets by a visually adept iguanid lizard, Crotaphytus collaris. Journal of Ethology, 27, 157-163.

WILKENS, L. A. & HOFMANN, M. H. (2007) The paddlefish rostrum as an electrosensory organ: A novel adaptation for plankton feeding. Bioscience, 57, 399-407.

WOOD, J. B., PENNOYER, K. E. & DERBY, C. D. (2008) Ink is a conspecific alarm cue in the Caribbean reef squid, Sepioteuthis sepioidea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 367, 11-16.