The use of the geomagnetic field for short distance orientation in zebra finches

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1053-1057

  Voss, Joe ^a   Keary, Nina ^a   Bischof, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Compass; Conditioning; Magnetic sense; Short distance orientation; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FINCHES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250170486     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32818b2a21     Document Type: Article

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