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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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Publié dans:Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Auteurs principaux: Jung, Yeonsu, Jung, Sohyun, Lee, Sang-im, Kim, Wonjung, Kim, Ho-Young
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Accès en ligne: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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