Light-dependent shift in bullfrog tadpole magnetic compass orientation: Evidence for a common magnetoreception mechanism in anuran and urodele amphibians

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-254

  Freake, Michael J ^a,b   Phillips, John B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORIENTATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; RANA CATESBEIANA; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 15444377328     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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