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Encyclopedia of Organisms, Scents, and Pheromones
Kazushige Touhara, Yoshito Niimura, Yoshihiro Yoshihara, Makoto Yokosuka, Kenshi Kikuoka, Masako Okamoto (Eds.)
List price: 16,500 yen (15,000 yen + tax), Publication date: June 1, 2025

publisher website
https://www.asakura.co.jp/detail.php?book_code=17189

Description
A medium-sized encyclopedia covering a broad range of relationships between organisms and scents/pheromones, from the olfactory and pheromone mechanisms of individual species to their ecological and evolutionary backgrounds, as well as how they are utilized, with each topic explained in a self-contained 4-page format.
[Content] Definition and role of odors and pheromones / Olfactory reception mechanism / Biological particulars / Effects of odors and pheromones / Humans
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