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Anatomical evidence for scent guided foraging in the turkey vulture
The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) is a widespread, scavenging species in the Western Hemisphere that locates carrion by smell. Scent guided foraging is associated with an expansion of the olfactory bulbs of the brain in vertebrates, but no such neuroanatomical data exists for vultures. We provide...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727128/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234134 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17794-0 |