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J Chem Ecol

Title:		Sex pheromone source location by garter snakes: : A mechanism for detection of direction in nonvolatile trails
Author(s):		Ford NB; Low JR;
Address:		"Department of Biology, University of Texas at Tyler, 75701, Tyler, Texas"
Journal Title:		J Chem Ecol
Year:		1984
Volume:		10
Issue:		8
Page Number:		1193 - 1199
DOI:		10.1007/BF00988548
ISSN/ISBN:		0098-0331 (Print) 0098-0331 (Linking)
Abstract:		"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"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEFord, N B Low, J R Jr eng 1984/08/01 J Chem Ecol. 1984 Aug; 10(8):1193-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00988548"