Magnetic compass orientation of migratory birds in the presence of a 1.315 MHz oscillating field

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-90

  Thalau, Peter ^a   Ritz, Thorsten ^b   Stapput, Katrin ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; EUROPE; INFORMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VARIANCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EUROPE; GERMANY; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; OSCILLOMETRY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; TURDUS;

EID: 13844262726     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0595-8     Document Type: Article

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