UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-440

  Probst, Remo ^a   Pavlicev, Mihaela ^a   Viitala, Jussi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY LOCATION; SCENT MARKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; LANIIDAE; LANIUS; LANIUS EXCUBITOR; MURIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0036954867     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-048X.2002.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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