Armed Rollers: Does Nestling’s Vomit Function as a Defence against Predators?

Chemical defences against predators are widespread in the animal kingdom although have been seldom reported in birds. Here, we investigate the possibility that the orange liquid that nestlings of an insectivorous bird, the Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus), expel when scared at their nests acts as...

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Autores principales: Parejo, Deseada, Avilés, Jesús M., Peña, Aránzazu, Sánchez, Lourdes, Ruano, Francisca, Zamora-Muñoz, Carmen, Martín-Vivaldi, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068862

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23874791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068862

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