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Olfaction and topography, but not magnetic cues, control navigation in a pelagic seabird: displacements with shearwaters in the Mediterranean Sea

Pelagic seabirds wander the open oceans then return accurately to their habitual nest-sites. We investigated the effects of sensory manipulation on oceanic navigation in Scopoli’s shearwaters (Calonectris diomedea) breeding at Pianosa island (Italy), by displacing them 400 km from their colony and t...

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Autores principales: Pollonara, Enrica, Luschi, Paolo, Guilford, Tim, Wikelski, Martin, Bonadonna, Francesco, Gagliardo, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26548946
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16486