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The sense of smell in procellariiforms: An overview and new directions

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  1. Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, California, 95616

    Gabrielle A. Nevitt

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  1. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Robert T. Mason

  2. Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 97361, USA

    Michael P. LeMaster

  3. State University of New York, ESF 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Dietland Müller-Schwarze

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Cunningham, G.B., Nevitt, G.A. (2005). The sense of smell in procellariiforms: An overview and new directions. In: Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25160-X_47

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