Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: The behaviour of European robins, Erithacus rubecula, under monochromatic light of various wavelengths and intensities

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 3295-3302

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Erithacus rubecula; European robin; Magnetic compass; Magnetoreception; Migratory orientation; Photopigment; Radical pair mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ERITHACUS; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERI; TURDUS;

EID: 0035745687     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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