Magnetite-based magnetoreception: The effect of repeated pulsing on the orientation of migratory birds

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 515-522

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Ford, Hugh ^b   Munro, Ursula ^c   Winklhofer, Michael ^d   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic pulse; Magnetite; Magnetite based receptors; Migratory orientation; Zosterops l. lateralis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249813410     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0207-5     Document Type: Article

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