Moon orientation on moonless nights

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-456

  Ugolini, Alberto ^a   Castellini, Carlo ^b   Mercatelli, Luca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

chronometric mechanisms; moon compass; orientation; sandhopper; Talitrus saltator

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; ARRIVAL TIME; BEACH; LUNAR PHASE; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR;

TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 33847651420     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Arendse M.C. Magnetic field detection is distinct from light detection in the invertebrates Tenebrio and Talitrus. Nature 274 (1978) 358-362
2. Batschelet E. Circular Statistics in Biology (1981), Academic Press, London
3. Campan R. Tactic components in orientation. In: Lehrer M. (Ed). Orientation and Communication in Arthropods (1997), Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1-40
4. Gould J.L. Sun compensation by bees. Science 207 (1980) 545-547
5. Lindauer M. Sonnenorientierung der Bienen unter der Äquatorsonne und zur Nachtzeit. Naturwissenschaften 44 (1957) 1-6
6. Palmer J.D. The Biological Rhythms and Clocks of Intertidal Animals (1995), Oxford University Press, Oxford
7. Papi F., and Pardi L. Ricerche sull'orientamento di Talitrus saltator (Montagu) (Crustacea-Amphipoda) II. Sui fattori che regolano la variazione dell'angolo di orientamento nel corso del giorno. L'orientamento di notte. L'orientamento diurno di altre popolazioni. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie 35 (1953) 490-518
8. Pardi L., and Ercolini A. Zonal recovery mechanism in talitrid crustaceans. Bolettino di Zooogia 53 (1986) 139-160
9. Pardi L., and Papi F. Die Sonne als Kompass bei Talitrus saltator. Naturwissenschaften 39 (1952) 262-263
10. Ugolini A. Relationship between compass systems of orientation in equatorial sandhoppers. Animal Behaviour 62 (2001) 193-199
11. Ugolini A. Activity rhythms and orientation in sandhoppers (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Frontiers in Bioscience S8 (2003) 722-732
12. Ugolini A., Tiribilli B., and Castellini C. Artificial light and sun compass orientation in the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea-Amphipoda). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 182 (1998) 43-50
13. Ugolini A., Melis C., and Innocenti R. Moon orientation in adult and young sandhoppers. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 184 (1999) 9-12
14. Ugolini A., Melis C., Innocenti R., Tiribilli B., and Castellini C. Moon and sun compasses in sandhoppers rely on two separate chronometric mechanisms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 266 (1999) 749-752
15. Ugolini A., Melis C., Tiribilli B., and Castellini C. The sun, the moon, and the sandhopper. In: Wiese K. (Ed). Crustacean Experimental Systems in Neurobiology (2002), Springer Verlag, Berlin 247-260
16. Ugolini A., Tiribilli B., and Boddi V. The sun compass of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator. The speed of the chronometric mechanism depends on the hours of light. Journal of Experimental Biology 205 (2002) 3225-3230
17. Ugolini A., Fantini T., and Innocenti R. Orientation at night: an innate moon compass in sandhoppers (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 270 (2003) 279-281
18. Ugolini A., Boddi V., Mercatelli L., and Castellini C. Moon orientation in adult and young sandhoppers under artificial light. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272 (2005) 2189-2194
19. Wehner R., and Lanfranconi B. What do the ants know about the rotation of the sky?. Nature 293 (1981) 731-733
20. Wehner R., and Mueller M. How do ants acquire their celestial ephemerids function?. Naturwissenschaften 80 (1993) 331-333
21. Williams J.A. A semi-lunar rhythm of locomotor activity and moult synchrony in the sand beach amphipod Talitrus saltator. In: Naylor E., and Hartnoll R.G. (Eds). Cyclic Phenomena in Marine Plants and Animals (1979), Pergamon Press, Oxford 407-414