Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11 Jane L. Hurst, Robert J. Beynon, S. Craig Roberts and Tristram D. Wyatt Editors Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 11 Jane L. Hurst Department of Veterinary Preclinical Science University of Liverpool, Leahurst Neston CH64 7TE, UK
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[email protected] ISBN: 978-0-387-73944-1 e-ISBN: 978-0-387-49835-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007934764 C 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com Preface This volume reports the proceedings of the eleventh triennial meeting of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates International Symposium and thus, is the 30th anniversary of the informal grouping of scientists who convene to discuss their common interests in the ways in which vertebrates use chemical signals. Previous meetings were held in Saratoga Springs, New York; Syracuse, New York; Sarasota, Florida; Laramie, Wyoming; Oxford, England; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tubingen, Germany; Ithaca, New York; Krak´ow, Poland and