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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S. Craig Roberts School of Biological Sciences University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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Robert J. Beynon Department of Veterinary Preclinical Science University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool, L69 7ZJ, UK
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Tristram D. Wyatt Office of Distance and Online Learning University of Oxford Oxford OX2 7DD, UK
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ISBN: 978-0-387-73944-1
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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