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Review
. 2000 Nov 21;97(24):12948-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.24.12948.

Avian chemical defense: toxic birds not of a feather

P J Weldon  1
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Avian chemical defense: toxic birds not of a feather

P J Weldon. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Hornets (Vespa orientalis) attacking a freshly skinned carcass of a laughing dove (Steptopelia senegalensis) (Left) while ignoring that of a pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis). This observation prompted H. B. Cott (4) to undertake an extensive investigation of avian chemical defense. [Reproduced with permission from ref. (Copyright 1947, The Zoological Society of London).]
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