Island-finding ability of marine turtles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Åkesson, Susanne ^b   Broderick, Annette C ^a   Glen, Fiona ^a   Godley, Brendan J ^a   Papi, Floriano ^c   Luschi, Paolo ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic navigation; Map; Migration; Olfaction; Orientation

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION; TURTLE; WIND;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SMELLING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AMPHIBIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; MYDAS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0042030919     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0022     Document Type: Article

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