Magnetic orientation of snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis), a species breeding in the high arctic: Passage migration through temperate-zone areas

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1899-1905

  Sandberg, Roland ^a   Pettersson, Jan ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ottenby Bird Observatory   (Sweden)

Author keywords

birds; geomagnetic field; migration; orientation; Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting

Indexed keywords

PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS;

EID: 0029827605     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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