Evidence for a magnetite-based navigational 'map' in birds

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-28

  Munro, U ^a,b   Munro, J A ^b   Phillips, J B ^b   Wiltschko, R ^c   Wiltschko, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRD; MAGNETISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0031058956     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050343     Document Type: Article

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