Magnetic maps in animals: Nature's GPS

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3697-3705

  Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a   Putman, Nathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic; Magnetoreception; Map; Navigation; Orientation; Sea turtle; Secular variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASTRONOMY; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIRD; FISH; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EARTH (PLANET); FISHES; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAGNETICS; MAPS AS TOPIC; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHELONIIDAE; PALINURIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 36749082257     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001313     Document Type: Review

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