Does the avian ophthalmic nerve carry magnetic navigational information?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1241-1244

  Beason, Robert C ^a   Semm, Peter ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; Magnetite; Magnetoreception; Ophthalmic nerve; Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000414632     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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