Behavioral titration of a magnetic map coordinate

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-160

  Phillips, John B ^a,b   Freake, Michael J ^a,c   Fischer, Janette H ^a   Borland, S Chris ^a,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Information in Place Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Homing; Magnetic navigation; Magnetoreception; Migration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETISM; MALE; NEWT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETICS; MALE; NOTOPHTHALMUS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0036525504     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0286-x     Document Type: Article

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