Wind Increases Blinking Behavior in Great-Tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Wind Increases Blinking Behavior in Great-Tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus)
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风会增加大尾鹩哥（Quiscalus mexicanus）的眨眼行为
DOI：
10.3389/fevo.2019.00330
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发表时间：
2019
影响因子：
3
通讯作者：
Samantha Argubright
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文献类型：
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作者：
Jessica L. Yorzinski;Samantha Argubright
动物经常调整它们的行为和生理以应对极端天气。他们这样做的一个原因是因为天气会导致感官障碍，但我们对这个话题的理解是有限的。因此，我们测试了风，极端天气的一个常见组成部分，是否会损害圈养的大尾？（Quiscalus mexicanus）的感觉能力。特别是，我们研究了风是否会影响他们的眨眼行为，这是限制信息摄入的视觉处理的一个基本方面。我们将这些八哥暴露在模拟的风中，同时记录它们眨眼的行为。我们发现，在经历大风与平静的条件下，八哥表现出更高的眨眼率和更长的眨眼持续时间。这些结果表明，风影响鸟类的视觉处理，并可能损害信息收集。
Animals often adjust their behavior and physiology in response to extreme weather. One reason they do so is because weather can cause sensory impairments but our understanding of this topic is limited. We therefore tested whether wind, a common component of extreme weather, impairs sensory abilities in captive great-tailed grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus). In particular, we examined whether wind influences their blinking behavior, a fundamental aspect of visual processing that limits information intake. We exposed the grackles to simulated wind while recording their blinking behavior. We found that the grackles exhibited higher blink rates and longer blink durations when experiencing windy versus calm conditions. These results indicate that wind influences visual processing in birds and can potentially impair information gathering.
影响因子：
4.4
作者：
Wu,Ziwei;Begley,CarolynG;Situ,Ping;Simpson,Trefford
通讯作者：
Simpson,Trefford