The role of daytime cues in the development of magnetic orientation in a night-migrating bird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 289-294

  Weindler, Peter ^a   Böhme, Frank ^a   Liepa, Varis ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Celestial rotation; Magnetic field; Migratory orientation; Pied flycatcher

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC COMPASS; MIGRATION; NOCTURNAL MIGRATION; ORIENTATION; PIED FLYCATCHER;

LATVIA;

FICEDULA HYPOLEUCA;

EID: 2642679286     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050441     Document Type: Article

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