Orientation in the wandering albatross: Interfering with magnetic perception does not affect orientation performance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1562, 2005, Pages 489-495

  Bonadonna, F ^a   Bajzak, C ^a   Benhamou, S ^a   Igloi, K ^a   Jouventin, P ^a   Lipp, H P ^b   Dell'Omo, G ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albatross; Homing; Magnetic orientation; Navigation

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; INDIAN OCEAN; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NESTING; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEMETRY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 18344387928     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2984     Document Type: Article

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