The effect of a strong magnetic field on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) migratory behavior

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 140-143

  Perez, Sandra M ^a,b   Taylor, Orley R ^a   Jander, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; INSECT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0033035149     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050587     Document Type: Article

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