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ArticleEcology and evolution2020

What smells? Developing in-field methods to characterize the chemical composition of wild mammalian scent cues.

Cynthia L Thompson, Kimberly N Bottenberg, Andrew W Lantz, Maria A B de Oliveira, Leonardo C O Melo, Christopher J Vinyard

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Cynthia L ThompsonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences Grand Valley State University Allendale MI USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-8626
Kimberly N BottenbergDepartment of Biomedical Sciences Grand Valley State University Allendale MI USA.
Andrew W LantzDepartment of Chemistry Grand Valley State University Allendale MI USA.
Maria A B de OliveiraDepartamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife Brazil.
Leonardo C O MeloDepartamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife Brazil.
Christopher J VinyardDepartment of Anatomy & Neurobiology Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown OH USA.
Grand Valley State University · USUniversidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco · BRNortheast Ohio Medical University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olfactory cues play an important role in mammalian biology, but have been challenging to assess in the field. Current methods pose problematic issues with sample storage and transportation, limiting our ability to connect chemical variation in scents with relevant ecological and behavioral contexts. Real-time, in-field analysis

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chemical ecologyfruit odormarmosetolfactory cuesportable GC‐MSscent marking

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PMID32551053
PMCPMC7297786
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