Orientation behavior of Garden Warblers (Sylvia borin) under monochromatic light of various wavelengths

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 256-260

  Rappl, Ralf ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Weindler, Peter ^a   Berthold, Peter ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Forschungsstelle Ornithologie M Vogelwarte Radolfzell   (Germany)

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SYLVIA BORIN;

EID: 0033957580     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0256:OBOGWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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