Magnetic navigation

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-319

  Phillips, John B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; REPTILIA;

EID: 0030596464     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0105     Document Type: Article

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