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Homing and Nest Recognition in Nocturnal Blue Petrels: What Scent May Attract Birds to their Burrows?

Hypogean petrels return to the same nest burrow to breed on remote islands during the summer months. Their nocturnal behavior at the colony, strong musky odor and olfactory anatomy suggest an important role of olfaction in homing behavior and nest recognition. Behavioral experiments showed that olfa...

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Autores principales: Zidat, Timothée, Gabirot, Marianne, Bonadonna, Francesco, Müller, Carsten T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10611862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37231188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10886-023-01424-3