ArticleBehavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology2010
Songbird chemosignals: volatile compounds in preen gland secretions vary among individuals, sexes, and populations.
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- Microbial DNA extraction method for avian feces and preen oil from diverse species.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- No sex difference in preen oil chemical composition during incubation in Kentish plovers.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Effects of genotype, sex, and feed restriction on the biochemical composition of chicken preen gland secretions and their implications for commercial poultry production.Journal of animal science · 2023Article
- Songbird preen oil odour reflects haemosporidian parasite load.Animal behaviour · 2022Article
- Feather chemicals contain information about the major histocompatibility complex in a highly scented seabird.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
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- Female-Based Patterns and Social Function in Avian Chemical Communication.Journal of chemical ecology · 2021Review
- Individual Chemical Profiles in the Leach's Storm-Petrel.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Article
- Food stress, but not experimental exposure to mercury, affects songbird preen oil composition.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2020Article
- Experimental study of the effect of preen oil against feather bacteria in passerine birds.Oecologia · 2020Article
- Conspecific olfactory preferences and interspecific divergence in odor cues in a chickadee hybrid zone.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Wax Ester Composition of Songbird Preen Oil Varies Seasonally and Differs between Sexes, Ages, and Populations.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
- Pigeon odor varies with experimental exposure to trace metal pollution.Ecotoxicology (London, England) · 2019Article
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- Male courtship preference during seasonal sympatry may maintain population divergence.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Songbird chemical signals reflect uropygial gland androgen sensitivity and predict aggression: implications for the role of the periphery in chemosignaling.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2018Article
- Chemical composition of preen wax reflects major histocompatibility complex similarity in songbirds.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2016Article
- Ecological characterization and molecular differentiation of Culex pipiens complex taxa and Culex torrentium in eastern Austria.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- The perfume of reproduction in birds: chemosignaling in avian social life.Hormones and behavior · 2015Review
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Abstract
Chemical signaling has been documented in many animals, but its potential importance in avian species, particularly songbirds, has received far less attention. We tested whether volatile compounds in the preen oil of a songbird (Junco hyemalis) contain reliable information about individual identity, sex, or population of origin by repeated sampling from captive male and female juncos originating from 2 recently diverged junco populations in southern California. One of the populations recently colonized an urban environment; the other resides in a species-typical montane environment. The birds were field-caught as juveniles, housed under identical conditions, and fed the same diet for 10 months prior to sampling. We used capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to quantify the relative abundance of 19 volatile compounds previously shown to vary seasonally in this species. We found individual repeatability as well as significant sex and population differences in volatile profiles. The persistence of population differences in a common environment suggests that preen oil chemistry likely has a genetic basis and may thus evolve rapidly in response to environmental change. These finding suggest that songbird preen oil odors have the potential to function as chemosignals associated with mate recognition or reproductive isolation.
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