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ArticleeLife2024

Landing force reveals new form of motion-induced sound camouflage in a wild predator.

Kim Schalcher, Estelle Milliet, Robin Séchaud, Roman Bühler, Bettina Almasi, Simon Potier, Paolo Becciu, Alexandre Roulin, Emily L C Shepard

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Article in eLife, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Barn owls exert top-down effects on the abundance and behavior of rodent pests.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2026
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  3. Article
  4. Abundance, Diet and Foraging of Galápagos Barn Owls (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Kim SchalcherDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0719-2765
Estelle MillietDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Robin SéchaudDepartment of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Roman BühlerSwiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4883-4923
Bettina AlmasiSwiss Ornithological Institute, Sempach, Switzerland.
Simon PotierDepartment of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Paolo Becciu *Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2145-6667
Alexandre Roulin *Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1940-6927
Emily L C Shepard *Department of Biosciences, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7325-6398

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation 31003A_173178
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Predator-prey arms races have led to the evolution of finely tuned disguise strategies. While the theoretical benefits of predator camouflage are well established, no study has yet been able to quantify its consequences for hunting success in natural conditions. We used high-resolution movement data to quantify how barn owls (

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Predatory BehaviorStrigiformesAnimalsMotionSoundacoustic camouflageanimal movementbarn owlbio-loggingecologyhunting successprey-predator relationship

Identifiers

PMID39046781
PMCPMC11268889

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