キジバトに対するマネキンの忌避効果

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In order to evaluate the scaring effect of a mannequin on the Roufous Turtle Dove, Streptopelia orientalis, food sites were set up in a flight cage and a mannequin was placed at these sites. The period during which captive doves visited the food sites for feeding was measured to obtain an index of the scaring effect. When a mannequin was placed at one of two food sites, the doves did not visit the site with the mannequin. However, when the food was restricted to the site with the mannequin, doves gradually visited this site and the feeding time increased with the passage of time. Scaring effect of a mannequin whose body and face were covered with cloth was somehow stronger than that of a mannequin with an uncovered face, although the difference between the two conditions was not sizeable. These results suggest that the response of doves to a human model is not as strong as that to a novel visual stimulus, and that it changes depending on the amount of food which the birds can take.
日本応用動物昆虫学会の論文
1988-05-25