Clock-shift experiments with Savannah sparrows, Passerculus sandwichensis, at high northern latitudes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 394-401

  Muheim, Rachel ^a   Åkesson, Susanne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clock shift; Magnetic orientation; Migratory orientation; Passerculus sandwichensis; Savannah sparrow

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

AVES; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0036523845     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0458-2     Document Type: Article

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