Migrating songbirds tested in computer-controlled Emlen funnels use stellar cues for a time-independent compass

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3855-3865

  Mouritsen, Henrik ^a   Larsen, Ole Næsbye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Computer controlled Emlen funnel; Ficedula hypoleuca; Navigation; Orientation; Star compass; Sylvia atricapilla; Time dependence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASTRONOMY; CUES; SOFTWARE; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FICEDULA; FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA; PASSERI; SYLVIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA;

EID: 0035746237     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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