Resonance effects indicate a radical-pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6988, 2004, Pages 177-180

  Ritz, Thorsten ^a   Thalau, Peter ^b   Phillips, John B ^c   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAGNETITE; RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC COMPASS; MIGRATORY BIRDS; SINGLET-TRIPLET TRANSITIONS;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

RADICAL;

BIRD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; RADICAL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BIRD; CHEMICAL REACTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EUROPE; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GEOGRAPHY; IRON; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDES; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; TURDUS;

EID: 2442649131     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02534     Document Type: Article

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