Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: Interaction of at least two different receptors

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 130-134

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Gesson, Marcus ^a   Stapput, Katrin ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY POPULATION; NAVIGATION AID; PASSERINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; MAGNETICS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS;

EID: 1842638259     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0500-x     Document Type: Article

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