| Titre : | UV reflecting vole scent marks attract a passerine, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor |
| Auteurs : | R. Probst, Auteur ; M. Pavlicev, Auteur ; J. Viitala, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Journal of Avian Biology (33(4) DEC 2002) |
| Article en page(s) : | 437-440 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | Diurnal raptors have been shown to use ultraviolet vision and UV-reflecting vole scent marks to find suitable hunting areas. We studied if a passerine species, the great grey shrike Lanius excubitor that uses votes as its primary food, may also detect prey-patches in the same way. We conducted a laboratory experiment with ten shrikes. Each individual shrike had four options to choose from: (1) scent marks with |



