Darwin’s finches treat their feathers with a natural repellent

Darwin’s finches treat their feathers with a natural repellent

Darwin’s finches are highly innovative. Recently we recorded for the first time a behavioural innovation in Darwin’s finches outside the foraging context: individuals of four species rubbed leaves of the endemic tree Psidium galapageium on their feathers. We hypothesised that this behaviour serves t...

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Main Authors: Cimadom, Arno, Causton, Charlotte, Cha, Dong H., Damiens, David, Fessl, Birgit, Hood-Nowotny, Rebecca, Lincango, Piedad, Mieles, Alejandro E., Nemeth, Erwin, Semler, Elizabeth M., Teale, Stephen A., Tebbich, Sabine
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5056383/

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