Colour preferences of UK garden birds at supplementary seed feeders.
Supplementary feeding of garden birds generally has benefits for both bird populations and human wellbeing. Birds have excellent colour vision, and show preferences for food items of particular colours, but research into colour preferences associated with artificial feeders is limited to hummingbird...
Main Authors: | Luke Rothery, Graham W Scott, Lesley J Morrell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5315500?pdf=render |
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