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Are Female Starlings Able to Recognize the Scent of Their Offspring?

BACKGROUND: Although there is growing evidence that birds may have individual chemical profiles that can function in several social contexts, offspring recognition based on olfactory cues has never been explored. This ability should be more likely evolved in colonial birds and/or species suffering b...

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Autores principales: Amo, Luisa, Tomás, Gustavo, Parejo, Deseada, Avilés, Jesús Miguel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25299305
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109505