Magnetic compass orientation in birds and its physiological basis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 445-452

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AVIATION; BIRD; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAGNETISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0036809372     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0356-5     Document Type: Review

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