Evidence that the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) uses scent to avoid omnivore mammals

BACKGROUND: The detection of predator chemical cues is an important antipredatory behaviour as it allows an early assessment of predation risk without encountering the predator and therefore increases survival. For instance, since chemical cues are often by-products of metabolism, olfaction may gath...

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Auteurs principaux: Amo,Luisa, López-Rull,Isabel, Pagán,Iluminada, García,Constantino Macías
Langue:English
Publié: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2015
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Accès en ligne:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2015000100005
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