Attraction of kestrels to vole scent marks visible in ultraviolet light

1995/02/01 by Jussi Viitala, Erkki Korplmäki, Pälvl Palokangas +1 · 14 citations
Environmental Science · #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · doi:10.1038/373425a0

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