On the use of magnets to disrupt the physiological compass of birds

Physical Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-231

  Wang, K ^a   Mattern, E ^a   Ritz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOMETRY; INFORMATION; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

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EID: 33751159185     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/3/3/007     Document Type: Article

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