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Attraction to Smelly Food in Birds: Insectivorous Birds Discriminate between the Pheromones of Their Prey and Those of Non-Prey Insects

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The role of olfaction in avian life histories has traditionally been neglected, but a growing body of evidence suggests that birds use olfaction in different biological contexts, including foraging. Insectivorous birds are known to detect the defence volatiles emitted by trees when a...

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Autores principales: Amo, Luisa, Saavedra, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8533543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34681109
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10101010