Great tits (Parus major) searching for artificial prey: Implications for cryptic coloration and symmetry

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-87

  Merilaita, Sami ^a,b   Lind, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background matching; Crypsis; Disruptive coloration; Predation; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

COLOR; CRYPSIS; PASSERINE; PREDATION RISK; SYMMETRY;

ANIMALIA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 28544446227     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arj007     Document Type: Article

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