Ultraviolet reflection of berries attracts foraging birds. A laboratory study with redwings (Turdus iliacus) and bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1433, 1999, Pages 2125-2129

  Siitari, Heli ^a   Honkavaara, Johanna ^a   Viitala, Jussi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bilberry; Foraging; Plant animal interactions; Redwing; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FOOD SELECTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRUIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MYRTILLUS; TURDUS ILIACUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VIOLA ADUNCA;

EID: 0033595824     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0897     Document Type: Article

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