Hawk eyes II: Diurnal raptors differ in head movement strategies when scanning from perches

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-6

  O'Rourke, Colleen T ^a   Pitlik, Todd ^b   Hoover, Melissa ^c   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services ^*  (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIURNAL ANIMAL; EYE MOVEMENT; HAWK; HEAD MOVEMENT; NONHUMAN; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; VISION; ANIMAL; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; EYE MOVEMENTS; HAWKS; HEAD MOVEMENTS; MOTION PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77958473428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012169     Document Type: Article

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