Original title: Efekt velikosti stimulu v diskriminačních a kategorizačních procesech u ptáků
Translated title: Effect of stimulus size in discrimination and categorization processes in birds
Authors: NÁCAROVÁ, Jana
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2013
Language: cze
Abstract: The mechanism of predator categorization has not been understood well yet. I examined how coloration pattern and predator size influence categorization by a prey under laboratory conditions. I tested the reaction of great tit (Parus major) to the plush dummies of sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), coloured as sparrowhawk, pigeon, robin and great tit. The same color variations were made in the sizes of a sparrowhawk and great tit. My results indicate that the coloration plays the main role in the recognition. The size is not important in the dummies coloured as the predator and the conspecific but it plays a role in recognition of other tested dummies (coloured as the pigeon and robin).
Keywords: great tit; predator; recognition; size
Citation: NÁCAROVÁ, Jana. Efekt velikosti stimulu v diskriminačních a kategorizačních procesech u ptáků. České Budějovice, 2013. diplomová práce (Mgr.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

Institution: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (web)
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