Spontaneous preferences for magnetic compass direction in the American red-spotted newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (Salamandridae, Urodela)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Schlegel, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic fields; Neuroethology; Urodeles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CAUDATA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247523205     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-006-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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