Sensory ecology on the high seas: The odor world of the procellariiform seabirds

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1706-1713

  Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Procellariiformes; Seabirds; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; CUES; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; ODORS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 46949109567     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.015412     Document Type: Review

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