Evidence for calibration of magnetic migratory orientation in Savannah sparrows reared in the field

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1427, 1999, Pages 1477-1481

  Able, Kenneth P ^a   Able, Mary A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic calibration; Migratory orientation; Orientation system; Savannah sparrows

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERCULUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0033595139     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0803     Document Type: Article

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