Pygmy owl Glaucidium passerinum and the usage of ultraviolet cues of prey

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-91

  Härmä, Oskari ^a,b   Kareksela, Santtu ^a   Siitari, Heli ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LABORATORY METHOD; PASSERINE; PREY PREFERENCE; RAPTOR; SCENT MARKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 79952020020     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.05192.x     Document Type: Article

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