Tenebrio beetles use magnetic inclination compass

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 761-765

  Vácha, Martin ^a   Drštková, Dana ^a   Půžová, Tereza ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Compass; Inclination; Insect Tenebrio; Magnetoreception

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LABORATORY METHOD; MIGRATION;

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEETLE; LOCOMOTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; TENEBRIO;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PALINURIDAE; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 46749159282     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0377-9     Document Type: Article

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