Waved albatrosses can navigate with strong magnets attached to their head

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4155-4166

  Mouritsen, Henrik ^a   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^b   Frost, Barrie J ^c   Anderson, David J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic orientation; Navigation; Phoebastria irrorata; Satellite telemetry; Waved albatross

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECUADOR; FLYING; HEAD; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECUADOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HEAD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; PHOEBASTRIA IRRORATA;

EID: 0345015511     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00650     Document Type: Article

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