Orientation of snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) close to the magnetic north pole

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1859-1870

  Sandberg, Roland ^a   Bäckman, Johan ^a   Ottosson, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird; Magnetic north pole; Migration; Orientation; Plectrophenax nivalis; Snow bunting

Indexed keywords

PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS;

EID: 2642710917     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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