Olfaction at depth: Cribriform plate size declines with dive depth and duration in aquatic arctoid carnivorans

Abstract It is widely accepted that obligate aquatic mammals, specifically toothed whales, rely relatively little on olfaction. There is less agreement about the importance of smell among aquatic mammals with residual ties to land, such as pinnipeds and sea otters. Field observations of marine carni...
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Autor*in:

Deborah J. Bird [verfasserIn]

Iman Hamid [verfasserIn]

Lester Fox‐Rosales [verfasserIn]

Blaire Van Valkenburgh [verfasserIn]

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2020

Schlagwörter:

aquatic adaptations

cribriform plate

diving behavioral ecology

marine mammals

olfaction

skull morphology

Übergeordnetes Werk:

In: Ecology and Evolution - Wiley, 2012, 10(2020), 14, Seite 6929-6953

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:10 ; year:2020 ; number:14 ; pages:6929-6953

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DOI / URN:

10.1002/ece3.6343

Katalog-ID:

DOAJ073338060

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