Hippocampal lesions do not impair the geomagnetic orientation of migratory savannah sparrows

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

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-581

  Bingman, V P ^a   Able, K P ^b   Siegel, J J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Geomagnetic Hippocampus; Migration; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETISM; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EARTH (PLANET); FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MAGNETICS; MALE; ORIENTATION; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS; PASSERCULUS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0033371946     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050418     Document Type: Article

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