Magnetoreception in birds: Two receptors for two different tasks

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian navigation; Magnetic compass; Magnetite; Magnetoreception; Radical pair model

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETITE; MODELING; NAVIGATION;

AVES;

EID: 36649031411     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0233-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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