Effect of wavelength of light and pulse magnetisation on different magnetoreception systems in a migratory bird

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-198

  Munro, Ursula ^a,c   Munro, John A ^a   Phillips, John B ^a   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; SILVEREYES; ZOSTEROPS;

EID: 0030859309     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO96066     Document Type: Article

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