Invariants in Configurational Prey Selection by Bufo bufo (L.)
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Brain, Behavior and Evolution
- Vol. 16 (1) , 38-51
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000121822
Abstract
Toads (Bufo bufo) are able to distinguish small stripes with axis orientation in the direction of motion (worm-like stripes) from those with axis orientation perpendicular to the direction of motion (anti-worm-like stripes). The configurational discrimination ability of the toad is, thus far investigated, largely invariant for (1) movement direction in the x-y plane, (2) direction of contrast – stripe against background – and (3) velocity of stripe motion.Keywords
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