Avian orientation at steep angles of inclination: Experiments with migratory white-crowned sparrows at the magnetic North Pole

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1479, 2001, Pages 1907-1913

  Akesson S ^a   Morin, J ^a   Muheim, R ^a   Ottosson, U ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Magnetic compass; Magnetic North Pole; Migratory birds; Orientation; White crowned sparrow; Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 0035934615     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1736     Document Type: Article

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