This volume reports the proceedings of the eleventh triennial meeting of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates International Symposium and thus, is the 30th anniversary of the informal grouping of scientists who convene to discuss their common interests in the ways in which vertebrates use chemical signals. Pre- ous meetings were held in Saratoga Springs, New York; Syracuse, New York; Sarasota, Florida; Laramie, Wyoming; Oxford, England; Philadelphia, Pennsyl- nia; Tubingen,Germany;Ithaca, New York; Krakow ' ,Poland and Corvallis, Oregon. The eleventh meeting was hosted by the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Liverpool, and was held in Chester, England. CSiV 11 was the latest in a well regarded series of meetings, and was attended by about 80 scientists, with nearly120 furtherco-authors,all with a commoninterest in vertebratechemicals- nalling, and its role in vertebrate behaviour. The species range was, as ever, rema- able - from lion to salamander, from mouse to elephant, from salmon to human, a biodiversity matched by the range of the substances used for communication. As might be expected from such diversity, we enjoyed a broad ranging programme that included sessions on olfactory assessment, pheromone delivery, sexual sel- tion (human and animal), urinary proteins, anti-predator responses, scent organs and their function, individual recognition, species recognition, sexual development and sexual communication (the full programme can still be viewed on the CSiV website).

New Directions in Semiochemistry.- Volatile Mammalian Chemosignals: Structural and Quantitative Aspects.- Use of Automated Solid Phase Dynamic Extraction (SPDE)/GC-MS and Novel Macros in the Search for African Elephant Pheromones.- Urinary Lipocalins in Rodenta:is there a Generic Model?.- The Biological Function of Cauxin, a Major Urinary Protein of the Domestic Cat (Felis catus).- Putative Pheromones of Lion Mane and Its Ultrastructure.- Olfactory Response and Function.- Using Ethologically Relevant Tasks to Study Olfactory Discrimination in Rodents.- Comparisons of State and Likelihood of Performing Chemosensory Event Behaviors in Two Populations of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana).- Olfactory Communication in the Ringtailed Lemur (Lemur catta): Form and Function of Multimodal Signals.- Olfaction in the Gorilla.- Ecological Validity in the Study of Human Pheromones.- The Influence of Sexual Orientation on Human Olfactory Function.- Recognition within Species: Individual, Sex, Group.- MHC-Associated Chemosignals and Individual Identity.- Pregnancy Block from a Female Perspective.- The Wing-Sac Odour of Male Greater Sac-Winged Bats Saccopteryx bilineata (Emballonuridae) as a Composite Trait: Seasonal and Individual Differences.- Gender Specific Expression of Volatiles in Captive Fossas (Cryptoprocta ferox) During the Mating Season.- Do Spotted Hyena Scent Marks Code for Clan Membership?.- The Ontogeny of Pasting Behavior in Free-living Spotted Hyenas, Crocuta crocuta.- Human Body Odour Individuality.- Environmental Effects on Human Body Odour.- Sexual Communication.- A Candidate Vertebrate Pheromone, SPF, Increases Female Receptivity in a Salamander.- Cross-dressing in Chemical Cues: Exploring ‘She-maleness’ in Newly-emerged Male Garter Snakes.- The Neurobiology of Sexual Solicitation: Vaginal Marking in Female Syrian Hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).- Olfactory Control of Sex-Recognition and Sexual Behavior in Mice.- The Role of Early Olfactory Experience in the Development of Adult Odor Preferences in Rodents.- Have Sexual Pheromones Their Own Reward System in the Brain of Female Mice?.- The Effect of Familiarity on Mate Choice.- Age of the Subject and Scent Donor Affects the Amount of Time that Voles Self-Groom When They are Exposed to Odors of Opposite-sex Conspecifics.- Scent, Mate Choice and Genetic Heterozygosity.- Maternal - Offspring Communication.- Psychobiological functions of the mammary pheromone in newborn rabbits.- Rabbit Nipple-Search Pheromone Versus Rabbit Mammary Pheromone Revisited.- The Human Breast as a Scent Organ: Exocrine structures, Secretions, Volatile Components, and Possible Functions in Breastfeeding Interactions.- Responses of Pre-term Infants to the Odour of Mother’s Milk.- Communication between Species, Predators and Prey.- Patterns of Tongue-Flicking by Garter Snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) during Presentation of Chemicals under Varying Conditions.- Multi-Contextual use of Chemosignals by Liolaemus Lizards.- Selective Response of Medial Amygdala Subregions to Reproductive and Defensive Chemosignals from Conspecific and Heterospecific Species.- Seasonal Responses to Predator Faecal Odours in Australian Native Rodents Vary Between Species.- Applications.- A Critical Review of Zoo-based Olfactory Enrichment.- Pig Semiochemicals and Their Potential for Feral Pig Control in NE Australia.- Use of Chemical Ecology for Control of the Cane Toad?.

This volume reports the proceedings of the eleventh triennial meeting of the Chemical Signals in Vertebrates International Symposium and thus, is the 30th anniversary of the informal grouping of scientists who convene to discuss their common interests in the ways in which vertebrates use chemical signals. Pre- ous meetings were held in Saratoga Springs, New York; Syracuse, New York; Sarasota, Florida; Laramie, Wyoming; Oxford, England; Philadelphia, Pennsyl- nia; Tubingen,Germany;Ithaca, New York; Krakow ´ ,Poland and Corvallis, Oregon. The eleventh meeting was hosted by the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Liverpool, and was held in Chester, England. CSiV 11 was the latest in a well regarded series of meetings, and was attended by about 80 scientists, with nearly120 furtherco-authors,all with a commoninterest in vertebratechemicals- nalling, and its role in vertebrate behaviour. The species range was, as ever, rema- able – from lion to salamander, from mouse to elephant, from salmon to human, a biodiversity matched by the range of the substances used for communication. As might be expected from such diversity, we enjoyed a broad ranging programme that included sessions on olfactory assessment, pheromone delivery, sexual sel- tion (human and animal), urinary proteins, anti-predator responses, scent organs and their function, individual recognition, species recognition, sexual development and sexual communication (the full programme can still be viewed on the CSiV website).