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A look at the trajectory from the first symposium on Chemical Signals in Vertebrates in 1976 to the current CSiV13 helps to gauge the state of the art and where we might go from here. Our field progressed along a number of fronts: ever more sophisticated bioassays; refined techniques of chemical isolation and identification of compounds; recognizing the importance of proteins as pheromones; studies of more taxa, notably birds; and more numerous studies of interspecific chemosignaling; among others. From here on, we need and can expect development of more powerful chemical techniques and instruments such as electronic noses, and increasingly more effective practical applications of semiochemicals, both within and among species.
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Müller-Schwarze, D. (2016). Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13: Where We Stand and What Might Be Next. In: Schulte, B., Goodwin, T., Ferkin, M. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22026-0_2
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