Chickens orient using a magnetic compass

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2005, Pages

  Freire, Rafael ^a   Munro, Ursula H ^b   Rogers, Lesley J ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^c   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; CONDITIONING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LETTER; MAGNETISM; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHICKENS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; MALE; ORIENTATION;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 23944435695     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.017     Document Type: Letter

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