Parental role division predicts avian preen wax cycles

Previous studies have shown that preen wax composition in some sandpipers shifts from the usual monoesters to diesters during the breeding season, possibly to reduce the ability of mammalian predators to find nests using olfactory cues. To investigate further the relationship between incubation and...

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Published in:Ibis
Main Authors: Reneerkens, Jeroen, Almeida, Juliana B., Lank, David B., Jukema, Joop, Lanctot, Richard B., Morrison, R. I. Guy, Rijpstra, W. Irene C., Schamel, Douglas, Schekkerman, Hans, Damste, Jaap S. Sinninghe, Tomkovich, Pavel S., Tracy, Diane M., Tulp, Ingrid, Piersma, Theunis
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
KNOT CALIDRIS-CANUTUS
RED KNOTS
SOCIAL-ORGANIZATION
GLAND WAXES
SANDPIPERS
SCOLOPACIDAE
EVOLUTION
SWITCH
OIL
SEX
Buff
Calidris canutus
Philomachus pugnax
Ruff
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11370/93ba6274-bb42-4ee0-b4d7-38866c30c232
https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/93ba6274-bb42-4ee0-b4d7-38866c30c232
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00693.x
https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/6710371/2007IbisReneerkens.pdf

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