Sanderlings (Calidris alba) have a magnetic compass: Orientation experiments during spring migration in Iceland

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3137-3144

  Gudmundsson, G A ^a   Sandberg, R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calidris alba; Geomagnetic field; Migration; Orientation; Sanderling; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ICELAND; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ICELAND; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS ALBA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0033741142     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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