Infrasound and the avian navigational map

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1103-1111

  Hagstrum, Jonathan T ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homing; Infrasound; Map; Microseisin; Navigation; Pigeon; Shock wave; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 0034096052     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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