Magnetic versus celestial cues: Cue-conflict experiments with migrating silvereyes at dusk

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 521-529

  Wiltschko, W ^a   Wiltschko, R ^a   Munro, U ^b,d   Ford, H ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Celestial cues; Cue conflict; Magnetic field; Migratory orientation; Zosterops lateralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031939144     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050199     Document Type: Article

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