Lateralization of magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6906, 2002, Pages 467-470

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Traudt, Joachim ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^b   Prior, Helmut ^b   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; EYE MOVEMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

MAGNETOPERCEPTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIRD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; SONGBIRDS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037015594     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature00958     Document Type: Article

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