Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) can steer by the stars

Animal Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 715-718

  Mauck, Björn ^a   Gläser, Nele ^b   Schlosser, Wolfhard ^b   Dehnhardt, Guido ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astronavigation; Harbour seals; Marine mammals; Offshore orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTRONOMY; BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; VISION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASTRONOMY; CUES; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOCA; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 51549089579     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-008-0156-1     Document Type: Article

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