Do monarch butterflies use polarized skylight for migratory orientation?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2399-2408

  Stalleicken, Julia ^a   Mukhida, Maya ^b   Labhart, Thomas ^c   Wehner, Rüdiger ^c   Frost, Barrie ^b   Mouritsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Danaus plexippus; Dorsal rim area; Lepidoptera; Navigation; Polarized skylight; Time compensated sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ONTARIO; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SUNLIGHT;

DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 21444435485     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01613     Document Type: Article

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