Center for Avian Cognition
Date of this Version
1977
Citation
Published in Science, New Series, Vol. 195, No. 4278 (Feb. 11, 1977), pp. 580-582.
Abstract
Blue jays learned to respond differentially to the presence or absence of Catocala moths in slides. This detection of the moths by the jays was affected by the background upon which the moth was placed and its body orientation, thus providing an objective measure of crypticity. These procedures are useful for the study of visual detection of prey.
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Comments
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science.