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Avian mud nest architecture by self-secreted saliva

Mud nests built by swallows (Hirundinidae) and phoebes (Sayornis) are stable granular piles attached to cliffs, walls, or ceilings. Although these birds have been observed to mix saliva with incohesive mud granules, how such biopolymer solutions provide the nest with sufficient strength to support t...

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Publicado en:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Autores principales: Jung, Yeonsu, Jung, Sohyun, Lee, Sang-im, Kim, Wonjung, Kim, Ho-Young
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7826398/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33431685
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018509118
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