Avian orientation: The pulse effect is mediated by the magnetite receptors in the upper beak

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1665, 2009, Pages 2227-2232

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

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian silvereyes; Magnetic pulse; Magnetite; Magnetite containing structures; Magnetoreception; Migratory orientation

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETITE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOWL; HEAD; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

AVES; SILVEREYES; SILVEREYES ZOSTEROPS;

EID: 66749119581     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0050     Document Type: Article

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