Development of sunset orientation in a migratory bird: No calibration by the magnetic field

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Able, Kenneth P ^a   Able, Mary A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION; POLARIZED LIGHT; SAVANNA SPARROW;

PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS;

EID: 0031060892     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0394     Document Type: Article

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