Superparamagnetic magnetite in the upper beak tissue of homing pigeons

BioMetals

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-331

  Hanzlik, Marianne ^a   Heunemann, Christoph ^a   Holtkamp Rötzler, Elke ^b   Winklhofer, Michael ^a   Petersen, Nikolai ^a   Fleissner, Gerta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homing pigeon; Magnetoreception; SAED analysis; SQUID magnetometer; ZFC FC curves

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; MAGNETITE;

ARTICLE; BEAK; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COLD; COLUMBIDAE; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; IRON; MAGNETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES;

COLUMBA;

EID: 0034471414     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009214526685     Document Type: Article

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