Switch to diester preen waxes may reduce avian nest predation by mammalian predators using olfactory cues.

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Published in J Exp Biol on November 01, 2005

Authors

Jeroen Reneerkens1, Theunis Piersma, Jaap S Sinninghe Damsté

Author Affiliations

1: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands. reneer@nioz.nl

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