UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor
Diurnal raptors have been shown to use ultraviolet vision and UV‐reflecting vole scent marks to find suitable hunting areas. We studied if a passerine species, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor that uses voles as its primary food, may also detect prey‐patches in the same way. We conducted a lab...
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crwiley:10.1034/j.1600-048x.2002.02760.x 2024-06-02T08:10:01+00:00 UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor Probst, Remo Pavlicev, Mihaela Viitala, Jussi 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-048x.2002.02760.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1034%2Fj.1600-048X.2002.02760.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.02760.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Avian Biology volume 33, issue 4, page 437-440 ISSN 0908-8857 1600-048X journal-article 2002 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-048x.2002.02760.x 2024-05-03T11:31:19Z Diurnal raptors have been shown to use ultraviolet vision and UV‐reflecting vole scent marks to find suitable hunting areas. We studied if a passerine species, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor that uses voles as its primary food, may also detect prey‐patches in the same way. We conducted a laboratory experiment with ten shrikes. Each individual shrike had four options to choose from: (1) scent marks with UV light, (2) scent marks without UV light, (3) clean arena with UV light, and (4) clean arena without UV light. The birds preferred the scent‐marked arena with UV light as measured by the number of scans and the time spent above it. Therefore, we suggest that great grey shrike probably uses UV cues to gain information on vole locations and abundance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lanius excubitor Wiley Online Library Journal of Avian Biology 33 4 437 440 |
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Diurnal raptors have been shown to use ultraviolet vision and UV‐reflecting vole scent marks to find suitable hunting areas. We studied if a passerine species, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor that uses voles as its primary food, may also detect prey‐patches in the same way. We conducted a laboratory experiment with ten shrikes. Each individual shrike had four options to choose from: (1) scent marks with UV light, (2) scent marks without UV light, (3) clean arena with UV light, and (4) clean arena without UV light. The birds preferred the scent‐marked arena with UV light as measured by the number of scans and the time spent above it. Therefore, we suggest that great grey shrike probably uses UV cues to gain information on vole locations and abundance. |
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Probst, Remo Pavlicev, Mihaela Viitala, Jussi UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
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UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
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UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
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UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
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UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
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UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
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uv reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike lanius excubitor |
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