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Directional preference may enhance hunting accuracy in foraging foxes
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SYSNO ASEP 0354391 Druh ASEP J - Článek v odborném periodiku Zařazení RIV J - Článek v odborném periodiku Poddruh J Článek ve WOS Název Directional preference may enhance hunting accuracy in foraging foxes Tvůrce(i) Červený, J. (CZ)
Begall, S. (DE)
Koubek, Petr (UBO-W) RID, SAI, ORCID
Nováková, P. (CZ)
Burda, H. (DE)Celkový počet autorů 5 Zdroj.dok. Biology Letters. - : Royal Society Publishing - ISSN 1744-9561
Roč. 7, č. 3 (2011), s. 355-357Poč.str. 4 s. Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Země vyd. GB - Velká Británie Klíč. slova fox ; hunting behaviour ; magnetoreception ; magnetic alignment Vědní obor RIV GK - Lesnictví CEP GA524/06/0687 GA ČR - Grantová agentura ČR LC06073 GA MŠMT - Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy CEZ AV0Z60930519 - UBO-W (2005-2011) UT WOS 000290515100012 EID SCOPUS 80051706030 DOI 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1145 Anotace Red foxes hunting small animals show a specific behaviour known as ‘mousing’. The fox jumps high, so that it surprises its prey from above. Hearing seems to be the primary sense for precise prey location in high vegetation or under snow where it cannot be detected with visual cues. A fox preparing for the jump displays a high degree of auditory attention. Foxes on the prowl tend to direct their jumps in a roughly north-eastern compass direction. When foxes are hunting in high vegetation and under snow cover, successful attacks are tightly clustered to the north, while attacks in other directions are largely unsuccessful. The direction of attacks was independent of time of day, season of the year, cloud cover and wind direction. We suggest that this directional preference represents a case of magnetic alignment and enhances the precision of hunting attacks. Pracoviště Ústav biologie obratlovců Kontakt Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524 Rok sběru 2012
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