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Sex pheromone source location by garter snakes: - A mechanism for detection of direction in nonvolatile trails

Journal of Chemical Ecology, ISSN: 0098-0331, Vol: 10, Issue: 8, Page: 1193-1199
1984
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Male plains garter snakes, Thamnophis radix, tested in a 240-cm-long arena can detect directional information from a female pheromone trail only when the female is allowed to push against pegs while laying the trail. The female's normal locomotor activity apparently deposits pheromone on the anterolateral surfaces of vertical structures in her environment. The male sensorily assays the sides of these objects and from this information determines the female's direction of travel. © 1984 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

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