The magnetic compass mechanisms of birds and rodents are based on different physical principles

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 583-587

  Thalau, Peter ^a   Ritz, Thorsten ^b   Burda, Hynek ^c   Wegner, Regina E ^c   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptomys anselli; High frequency fields; Magnetic compass; Magnetite; Magnetoreception; Radical pair mechanism

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; RAT; RODENT;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33747609378     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0130     Document Type: Article

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