Preen oil chemical composition encodes individuality, seasonal variation and kinship in black kites Milvus migrans
Evidence that bird odour can encode social information that can be used in chemical communication is growing, but is restricted to a few taxonomic groups. Among birds, diurnal raptors (i.e. birds from the Accipitriformes and Falconiformes order) have always been considered as mainly relying on their...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Avian Biology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01728 |