The effects of predator odors in mammalian prey species: a review of field and laboratory studies.

By R. Apfelbach, Caroline Blanchard, R. Blanchard, R. Hayes, I. McGregor. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005

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Risk vs. reward: how predators and prey respond to aging olfactory cues (2013, background): “There has been extensive work specifically exploring how prey use predator odors to assess and reduce their risk of predation (see reviews by Ylönen 2001 and Apfelbach et al. 2005).”
Can foraging birds assess predation risk by scent (2008, background): “Olfactory predator detection has been observed in many invertebrates (e.g. Thomas et al. 2008), fish (see Chivers & Smith 1998), reptiles and amphibians (e.g. Ferrer & Zimmer 2007) and mammals (see Apfelbach et al. 2005; e.g. Herman & Valone 2000; Borgo et al. 2006).”
The vomeronasal organ mediates interspecies defensive behaviors through detection of protein pheromone homologs (2010, positive): “The Vomeronasal Organ Mediates Predator Odor-Elicited Defensive Behavior Field and laboratory studies have shown that predator odors elicit a range of defensive behaviors from prey species (Apfelbach et al., 2005; Blanchard et al., 2001; Dielenberg and McGregor, 2001).”
Behavioral biology of marine mammal deterrents: A review and prospectus (2013, background): “Generally, mammals use visual, acoustic, and chemosensory modalities to detect threatening stimuli (Apfelbach et al., 2005).”