Colour of the hunters’ clothing and the alertness in Capreolus capreolus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae)

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41320/19:85138

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

čeština

Original language name

Colour of the hunters’ clothing and the alertness in Capreolus capreolus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae)

Original language description

Under the so-called hunter orange regulation, deer hunters in North America and Scandinavia are required to wear orange garment to maximize hunters safety. It is argued that this practice does not negatively impact hunting success because deer are (assumed to be) red-green colour-blind. This assumption is based on the retinal immunocytochemical studies, yet the behavioural evidence is sparse and controversial. We studied alert responses of the roe deer towards approaching persons wearing a green and camouflage coat, as customary in hunters in Central Europe, and an orange vest, as prescribed in some countries. We found a significant effect of the garments colour in that the roe deer were most sensitive to and most alerted by the orange outfit. While the ability of differentiating green and orange colours cannot be fully excluded, the higher sensitivity to brightness (luminosity, lightness) of the orange vest over the dull green coat is highly probable. Extending and deepening studies of visual perfor

Czech name

Colour of the hunters’ clothing and the alertness in Capreolus capreolus (Artiodactyla: Cervidae)

Czech description

Under the so-called hunter orange regulation, deer hunters in North America and Scandinavia are required to wear orange garment to maximize hunters safety. It is argued that this practice does not negatively impact hunting success because deer are (assumed to be) red-green colour-blind. This assumption is based on the retinal immunocytochemical studies, yet the behavioural evidence is sparse and controversial. We studied alert responses of the roe deer towards approaching persons wearing a green and camouflage coat, as customary in hunters in Central Europe, and an orange vest, as prescribed in some countries. We found a significant effect of the garments colour in that the roe deer were most sensitive to and most alerted by the orange outfit. While the ability of differentiating green and orange colours cannot be fully excluded, the higher sensitivity to brightness (luminosity, lightness) of the orange vest over the dull green coat is highly probable. Extending and deepening studies of visual perfor

Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10101 - Pure mathematics

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Lynx

ISSN

0024-7774

e-ISSN

0024-7774

Volume of the periodical

50

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

87-96

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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