Orientation in pied flycatchers: The relative importance of magnetic and visual information at dusk

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 819-828

  Åkesson, Susanne ^a,b   Bäckman, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 0033119370     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1040     Document Type: Article

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