Preen oil chemical composition encodes individuality, seasonal variation and kinship in black kites Milvus migrans

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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Main Authors: Simon Potier, Malicia M. Besnard, David Schikorski, Bruno Buatois, Olivier Duriez, Marianne Gabirot, Sarah Leclaire, Francesco Bonadonna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Avian Biology
Subjects:
olfactory signature
preen oil
raptor
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01728

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