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Aphid galls as a double food source for woodpeckers

An adult female and a young great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major were found exploiting galls of the elm balloon‐gall aphid Eriosoma lanuginosum by eating both the insects and their honeydew. Literature offers sparse and indirect information to explain this behavior. Taking both aphids and hone...

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Autor principal: Londei, Tiziano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9163196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35784024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8994