'Fixed-axis' magnetic orientation by an amphibian: Non-shoreward-directed compass orientation, misdirected homing or positioning a magnetite-based map detector in a consistent alignment relative to the magnetic field?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3903-3914

  Phillips, John B ^a   Borland, S Chris ^b   Freake, Michael J ^c   Brassart, Jacques ^d   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^d  

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

^b Information in Place Inc   (United States)

^c LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homing; Magnetic field; Map detector; Natural remanent magnetism; Navigation; Newt; Notophthalmus viridescens; Orientation

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HOMING BEHAVIOR; IRON; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; MALE; MAPS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; ORIENTATION; OXIDES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0036926960     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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