| Title: | Communication about social status |
| Address: | "Biology and Neuroscience, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, United States. Electronic address: rfernald@stanford.edu" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.conb.2014.04.004 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1873-6882 (Electronic) 0959-4388 (Print) 0959-4388 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Dominance hierarchies are ubiquitous in social species and serve to organize social systems. Social and sexual status is communicated directly among animals via sensory systems evolved in the particular species. Such signals may be chemical, visual, auditory, postural or a combination of signals. In most species, status is initially established through physical conflict between individuals that leads to ritualized conflict or threats, reducing possibly dangerous results of fighting. Many of the status signals contain other information, as in some bird species that communicate both the size of their group and their individual rank vocally. Recent studies have shown that scent signaling among hyenas of east Africa is unique, being produced by fermentative, odor producing bacteria residing in the scent glands" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Behavior, Animal/physiology *Communication Odorants Pheromones Sensation/*physiology *Social Dominance;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineFernald, Russell D eng R37 NS034950/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ R01 NS034950/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ NS 034950/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ R56 NS034950/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ MH087930/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ R21 MH087930/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Review England 2014/05/06 Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2014 Oct; 28:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.04.004. Epub 2014 May 6" |
