Magnetic compass orientation in the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 751-758

  Kimchi, Tali ^a   Terkel, Joseph ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Directional preference; Magnetic compass; Mole rat; Navigation; Orientation; Spalax ehrenbergi; Subterranean mammal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MAGNETISM; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOLE RAT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MOLE RATS; ORIENTATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; NANNOSPALAX EHRENBERGI; RODENTIA; SPALACINAE; SPALAX;

EID: 0035745677     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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