Magnetic compass orientation in the Eastern Red-Spotted Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens: Rapid acquisition of the shoreward axis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2000, Pages 413-419

  Deutschlander, Mark E ^a,b   Phillips, John B ^a   Borland, S Chris ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MOVEMENT PATTERN; ORIENTATION; SEASONALITY; SHORE;

AMPHIBIAN; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0034621387     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0413:MCOITE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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