Sea turtle navigation and the detection of geomagnetic field features

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 10-22

  Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal navigation; Earth magnetism; Turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003077478     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463397007649     Document Type: Article

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