Scent-marking by male mammals: Cheat-proof signals to competitors and mates

By L. Gosling, Susan C. Roberts. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sensory Systems, Social Psychology

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Iain D. Couzin
2. G. Kerth
3. Jens Krause
4. Kamran Safi
5. P. Carazo
6. Edward Hagen
7. Peter Hammerstein
8. D. Penn

In Sensory Systems

1. P. Carazo
2. Ester Desfilis
3. E. Font

In Social Psychology

1. Jens Krause
2. Edward Hagen
3. Peter Hammerstein
4. R. Swaisgood
5. F. Wei

Citations in the corpus

• Beyond 'nasty neighbours' and 'dear enemies'? Individual recognition by scent marks in a lizard (Podarcis hispanica) (2008, background): “Scent marks, usually perceived by the receiver in the absence of the signaller, are currently viewed as signals that mediate territorial behaviour by allowing competitor assessment, and are probably among the most common social signals in terrestrial vertebrates ( Gosling & Roberts 2001 ).”
• Giant panda scent-marking strategies in the wild: role of season, sex and marking surface (2012, background): “Consequently giant pandas are likely to be particularly sensitive to any energetic costs that chemosignalling entails (Gosling 1986; Alberts 1992; Gosling & Roberts 2001a, b).”
• Chemosensory assessment of rival competitive ability and scent-mark function in a lizard, Podarcis hispanica (2007, background): “However, costs are but one of the factors determining the net cost/benefit balance of intruding into a given area (Gosling & Roberts 2001).”
• Did Neanderthals and other early humans sing? Seeking the biological roots of music in the territorial advertisements of primates, lions, hyenas, and wolves (2009, background): “In addition to territorial advertisement, these include attracting mates, signalling overt aggression and dominance, and indicating health and other aspects of quality (Gosling & Roberts, 2001; Ralls, 1971).”
• Self-Organization and Collective Behavior in Vertebrates (2003, background): “Another collective biological phenomenon that relies on the modification, and response to modification, of the environment is the generation of home ranges by vertebrates such as carnivores (Gosling and Roberts, 2001; MacDonald, 2001) and rodents (Brown and MacDonald, 1985; Viitala et al.”
• Secretions of the interaural gland contain information about individuality and colony membership in the Bechstein's bat (2003, background): “Individuals may recognize kin directly through phenotype matching or they may learn to infer kinship from the social context (Beecher 1982; Gosling & Roberts 2001).”
• Scent-marking displays provide honest signals of health and infection (2004, background): “It has also been suggested that scent marking and other chemosensory signals provide cheat-proof displays that honestly advertise males’ health and other aspects of quality and condition to rivals and potential mates (Gosling and Roberts, 2001; Penn and Potts, 1998).”