Deceptive plumage signals in birds: Manipulation of predators or prey?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 467-477

  Negro, Juan José ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^b   Sarasola, José Hernán ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deceptive signal; False face; Hunting techniques; Mobbing; Ocelli; Raptors

Indexed keywords

EYE; MOBBING; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; PREDATION; RAPTOR; SIGNAL; VISUAL CUE;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITRINAE; AEGOLIUS; AVES; FALCONIDAE; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); PASSERIFORMES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; SURNIA;

EID: 33847193197     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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