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A novel strategy to escape a poor habitat: red-necked grebes transfer flightless young to other ponds

Animals confronted with the threat of the death of their offspring may exhibit unusual and risk-prone behaviours. Grebes (Podicipediformes) are water birds which cannot effectively walk, thus unfledged young are assumed to be unable to depart from their natal ponds by land. We provide evidence that...

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Autores principales: Kloskowski, Janusz, Frączek, Karolina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5427135/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10211-017-0254-7