Olfactory Sex Recognition Investigated in Antarctic Prions

Chemical signals can yield information about an animal such as its identity, social status or sex. Such signals have rarely been considered in birds, but recent results have shown that chemical signals are actually used by different bird species to find food and to recognize their home and nest. Thi...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Bonadonna, Francesco, Caro, Samuel P., de L. Brooke, M.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2009
Subjects:
Research Article
Antarctic
Antarc*
Pachyptila desolata
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2607551
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19127294
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004148
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Summary:Chemical signals can yield information about an animal such as its identity, social status or sex. Such signals have rarely been considered in birds, but recent results have shown that chemical signals are actually used by different bird species to find food and to recognize their home and nest. This is particularly true in petrels whose olfactory anatomy is among the most developed in birds. Recently, we have demonstrated that Antarctic prions, Pachyptila desolata, are also able to recognize and follow the odour of their partner in a Y-maze.

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