Equatorial sandhoppers use body scans to detect the earth's magnetic field

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  Ugolini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETICS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 29544445140     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0046-9     Document Type: Article

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