Cigarette butts form a perceptually cryptic component of song thrush (Turdus philomelos) nests

Notornis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 134-138

  Igic, Branislav ^a   Cassey, Hillip ^b   Samas, Peter ^c   Grim, Tomas ^c   Hauber, Mark E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviavn vision; Nest architecture; Perceptual modelling; Spectrophotometry; Waste

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CRYPSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION; PHENOTYPE; SMOKING; SONGBIRD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VISION; WASTE;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 77649157288     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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