Odour-based natal nest recognition in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), a colony-breeding songbird

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-186

  Caspers, Barbara A ^a   Krause, E Tobias ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fledglings; Olfaction; Olfactory recognition; Passeriformes; Scent

Indexed keywords

COLONY; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; JUVENILE; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION; SCENT MARKING; SONGBIRD;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 79954472027     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.0775     Document Type: Article

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