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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...
Autores principales: | Amo, Luisa, Saavedra, Irene |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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