Use of multiple orientation cues by juvenile loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4317-4325

  Avens, Larisa ^a,b   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caretta caretta; Cue; Loggerhead; Magnetic; Orientation; Sea turtle; Visual

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE; VISION;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; TURTLES; VISION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; COLUMBA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0345801257     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00657     Document Type: Article

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