dc.creator | Almeida, Alexandre de | |
dc.creator | Couto, Hilton Thadeu Zarate do | |
dc.creator | Almeida, Álvaro Fernando de | |
dc.creator | Almeida, Alexandre de | |
dc.creator | Couto, Hilton Thadeu Zarate do | |
dc.creator | Almeida, Álvaro Fernando de | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-11T20:12:12Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-07T14:04:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-11T20:12:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-07T14:04:18Z | |
dc.date.created | 2011-08-11T20:12:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier | 0103-9016 | |
dc.identifier | http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/2163 | |
dc.identifier | v.67,n.2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/4001328 | |
dc.description.abstract | Wheat, corn and rice crops in Brazil use seeds treated with systemic insecticide/nematicide carbofuran, mixed to rhodamine B red dye. Carbofuran is toxic and rhodamine B is attractive to wild birds that eat up these seeds, resulting in notable mortality during planting. A field experiment was performed in southeast Brazil to evaluate if camouflaged seeds would be less consumed by wild birds in comparison to commercial seeds with red-colored rhodamine B and aposematic blue seeds. Camouflaged seeds were less removed than seeds with rhodamine B and natural colors. The camouflaging was more effective in the presence of irregularities and litter. There was no removal of blue-colored seeds. As legislation requires treated seeds to receive a different color to avoid accidents with humans, camouflaging may be used as replacement of rhodamine B to reduce mortality rates of wild birds. | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.subject | seed camouflage | |
dc.subject | carbofuran | |
dc.subject | rhodamine B | |
dc.subject | visual repellents | |
dc.subject | bird mortality | |
dc.subject | camuflagem de sementes | |
dc.subject | rodamina B | |
dc.subject | repelentes visuais | |
dc.subject | mortalidade de aves | |
dc.title | Are camouflaged seeds less attacked by wild birds? | |
dc.type | Artigo Publicado em Periódico | |