A seasonal switch in compass orientation in a high-flying migrant moth

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Chapman, Jason W ^a   Reynolds, Don R ^a,b   Hill, Jane K ^c   Sivell, Duncan ^a   Smith, Alan D ^a   Woiwod, Ian P ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; FLYING; LETTER; MOTH; ORIENTATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOTHS; ORIENTATION; SEASONS;

AUTOGRAPHA; AUTOGRAPHA GAMMA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 53249130738     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.08.014     Document Type: Letter

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