The effect of yellow and blue light on magnetic compass orientation in European robins, Erithacus rubecula

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

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-299

  Wiltschko, W ^a   Wiltschko, R ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erithacus rubecula; Magnetic compass; Magnetoreception; Migratory orientation; Wavelength dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032927256     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050327     Document Type: Article

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