New model for the avian magnetic compass

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 555-565

  Liboff, A R ^a   Jenrow, K A ^b  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Ion cyclotron resonance; Magneto visual system; Optic tectum; oscillations

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETISM;

BIRD MIGRATION; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETO-VISUAL SYSTEM; OPTIC TECTUM; RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEMS; Γ-OSCILLATION;

MAGNETOS;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CYCLOTRON; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0034571832     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200012)21:8<555::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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