title: Response to Masi and Bouret - commentary on Klailova and Lee's (2014) "Wild western lowland gorillas signal selectively using odor".
abstract: In a previous paper, we suggested that gorilla silverback males used odour as a chemosignal about levels of risk during interactions with extra-group males. We suggested that, rather than being monotonically associated with arousal as Masi and Bouret have now proposed in their commentary, the strength of an odour was a variable response to within as well as between group risks. We all agree that the phenomenon needs further investigation.
authors: Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK; Departamento de Antropologia, Universidade de Lisboa, CAPP/ISCSP, Lisboa 1300-663, Portugal; WildCRU, University of Oxford, Tubney, OX13 5QL, UK.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Klailova
authors: Psychology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK. Electronic address: phyllis.lee@stir.ac.uk.
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Lee
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D006071:Gorilla gorilla / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Chemosignalling; Intergroup encounters; Odour variation; Response to risk; Silverback arousal