Orientation at night: An innate moon compass in sandhoppers (Amphipoda: Talitridae)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1512, 2003, Pages 279-281

  Ugolini, Alberto ^a   Fantini, Tiziana ^a   Innocenti, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innate moon compass; Orientation; Sandhoppers; Talitrus saltator

Indexed keywords

INSECT; MOON; ORIENTATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INVERTEBRATE; LABORATORY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOON; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN;

AMPHIPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SALTATOR; TALITRIDAE; TALITRUS; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 0037423611     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2221     Document Type: Article

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