Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: The effect of intensity of 565-nm green light

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 366-369

  Wiltschko, W ^a   Wiltschko, R ^a   Munro, U ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FLYING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SILVEREYES;

EID: 0033827425     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050742     Document Type: Article

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