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Marc Gilles
@_Marc_Gilles
PhD student @BehavEcoBIE interested in the smell of birds 🐦 nature and adventure 🏕️ a bit of art 🎨 he/him
Mar 7, 2022 • 14 tweets • 10 min read
Our paper (with @LeaGrie) on the functions of #bird #odour is out in Biological Reviews doi.org/10.1111/brv.12…

Don’t have time to read the full paper just yet? Here’s a summary thread 🧵 [1/14]

#olfactory #camouflage #communication #ornithology #avian #olfaction #crypsis Preen oil is produced by the uropygial gland and birds use it to maintain and waterproof their plumage. But could it have other functions? 🤔 [2/14]