Geomagnetic imprinting: A unifying hypothesis of long-distance natal homing in salmon and sea turtles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19096-19101

  Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a   Putman, Nathan F ^a   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish; Magnetic; Magnetoreception; Migration; Navigation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; TURTLE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EARTH (PLANET); ECOLOGY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; IMPRINTING (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETICS; SALMON; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIIDAE;

EID: 58049221243     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0801859105     Document Type: Article

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