Comparative morphology and soft tissue histology of the remote‐touch bill‐tip organ in three ibis species of differing foraging ecology |
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| Authors: | Carla J. du Toit Anusuya Chinsamy Susan J. Cunningham |
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| Affiliation: | 1. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DSI‐NRF Centre of Excellence, Private Bag X3, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch South Africa ; 2. DSI‐NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa ; 3. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch South Africa |
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| Keywords: | bill‐ tip organ, ecomorphology, Herbst corpuscles, links between soft tissue and bone morphology, remote‐ touch, sensory ecology, tactile foraging, Threskiornithidae |
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