Smell of green leaf volatiles attracts white storks to freshly cut meadows
Abstract Finding food is perhaps the most important task for all animals. Birds often show up unexpectedly at novel food sources such as freshly tilled fields or mown meadows. Here we test whether wild European white storks primarily use visual, social, auditory or olfactory information to find fres...
Main Authors: | Martin Wikelski, Michael Quetting, Yachang Cheng, Wolfgang Fiedler, Andrea Flack, Anna Gagliardo, Reyes Salas, Nora Zannoni, Jonathan Williams |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-06-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92073-7 |
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