Rollers smell the fear of nestlings

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 502-504

  Parejo, D ^a   Amo, L ^a   Rodriguez J ^a   Aviles J M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian olfaction; Chemical cues; Danger; Smell of fear

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NESTLING; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORACIAS GARRULUS;

EID: 84864484467     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0124     Document Type: Article

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