Lack of predator-odor detection and avoidance by a songbird, the House Wren

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Johnson, L Scott ^a   Murphy, Shannon M ^a   Parrish, Gordon W ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Odor detection; Olfaction; Predator avoidance; Smell; Troglodytes aedon

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; PASSERI; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES AEDON; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 79956314813     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2011.00317.x     Document Type: Article

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