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Evolution and Ecology of Silent Flight in Owls and Other Flying Vertebrates
We raise and explore possible answers to three questions about the evolution and ecology of silent flight of owls: (1) do owls fly silently for stealth, or is it to reduce self-masking? Current evidence slightly favors the self-masking hypothesis, but this question remains unsettled. (2) Two of the...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7671161/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791545 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa001 |