Light-dependent magnetoreception: Orientation behaviour of migratory birds under dim red light

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 3344-3350

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Munro, Ursula ^b   Ford, Hugh ^c   Stapput, Katrin ^a,d   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

'fixed direction' response; Iron based receptors; Magnetic compass; Magnetoreception; Migratory orientation; Radical pair mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DARKNESS; EUROPE; FLYING; LIGHT; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DARKNESS; EUROPE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; SILVEREYES;

EID: 55549089326     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020313     Document Type: Article

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