Title |
Moonlight Makes Owls More Chatty
|
---|---|
Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2010
|
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008696 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Vincenzo Penteriani, María del Mar Delgado, Letizia Campioni, Rui Lourenço |
Abstract |
Lunar cycles seem to affect many of the rhythms, temporal patterns and behaviors of living things on Earth. Ambient light is known to affect visual communication in animals, with the conspicuousness of visual signals being largely determined by the light available for reflection by the sender. Although most previous studies in this context have focused on diurnal light, moonlight should not be neglected from the perspective of visual communication among nocturnal species. We recently discovered that eagle owls Bubo bubo communicate with conspecifics using a patch of white throat plumage that is repeatedly exposed during each call and is only visible during vocal displays. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Argentina | 1 | 25% |
Netherlands | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Italy | 3 | 2% |
Portugal | 2 | 1% |
Chile | 2 | 1% |
France | 2 | 1% |
Brazil | 2 | 1% |
United States | 2 | 1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Argentina | 1 | <1% |
Slovakia | 1 | <1% |
Other | 2 | 1% |
Unknown | 155 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 35 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 17% |
Student > Master | 22 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 21 | 12% |
Other | 13 | 8% |
Other | 28 | 16% |
Unknown | 25 | 14% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 95 | 55% |
Environmental Science | 20 | 12% |
Unspecified | 6 | 3% |
Social Sciences | 5 | 3% |
Engineering | 4 | 2% |
Other | 12 | 7% |
Unknown | 31 | 18% |