Are olfactory cues involved in nest recognition in two social species of estrildid finches?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

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

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; FINCH; FLEDGLING; LONCHURA STRIATA; MALE; NESTING; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

AVES; ESTRILDIDAE; FRINGILLIDAE; LONCHURA STRIATA; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; PASSERI; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; CUES; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; PASSERIFORMES; SMELL;

EID: 84860528773     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036615     Document Type: Article

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