Navigation: Bat orientation using Earth's magnetic field

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7120, 2006, Pages 702-

  Holland, Richard A ^a,b   Thorup, Kasper ^a,c   Vonhof, Maarten J ^d   Cochran, William W ^e   Wikelski, Martin ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; EARTH; MAGNETIC FIELD; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BAT; BIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 33845599411     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/444702a     Document Type: Article

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