Sandpipers (Scolopacidae) switch from monoester to diester preen waxes during courtship and incubation, but why?

Jeroen Reneerkens; Theunis Piersma; Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2132

Sandpipers (Scolopacidae) switch from monoester to diester preen waxes during courtship and incubation, but why?

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2002.2132 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 269 (1505) ◽

pp. 2135-2139 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

Jeroen Reneerkens ◽

Theunis Piersma ◽

Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

Keyword(s):

Preen Waxes

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Switch to diester preen waxes may reduce avian nest predation by mammalian predators using olfactory cues

Journal of Experimental Biology ◽

10.1242/jeb.01872 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 208 (22) ◽

pp. 4199-4202 ◽

Cited By ~ 54

Author(s):

J. Reneerkens

Keyword(s):

Nest Predation ◽

Olfactory Cues ◽

Mammalian Predators ◽

Avian Nest ◽

Preen Waxes

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Molecular analysis of intact preen waxes of Calidris canutus (Aves: Scolopacidae) by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Lipids ◽

10.1007/s11745-000-553-7 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 533-541 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Marlèn H. A. Dekker ◽

Theunis Piersma ◽

Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Gas Chromatography ◽

Molecular Analysis ◽

Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽

Calidris Canutus ◽

Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽

Preen Waxes

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Preen waxes do not protect carotenoid plumage from bleaching by sunlight

Ibis ◽

10.1111/j.1474-919x.2007.00796.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 150 (2) ◽

pp. 335-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

ADRIAN SURMACKI

Keyword(s):

Preen Waxes

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Soil and preen waxes influence the expression of carotenoid-based plumage coloration

The Science of Nature ◽

10.1007/s00114-007-0263-x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 94 (10) ◽

pp. 829-835 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Adrian Surmacki ◽

Jarosław K. Nowakowski

Keyword(s):

Plumage Coloration ◽

Preen Waxes

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