Food intake and fuel deposition in a migratory bird is affected by multiple as well as single-step changes in the magnetic field

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 649-653

  Henshaw, Ian ^a   Fransson, Thord ^b   Jakobsson, Sven ^a   Lind, Johan ^a   Vallin, Adrian ^a   Kullberg, Cecilia ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Food intake; Fuel deposition; Geomagnetic cues

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EATING; EGYPT; ENERGY METABOLISM; MAGNETICS; PASSERIFORMES;

AVES; LUSCINIA LUSCINIA;

EID: 42149159490     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014183     Document Type: Article

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