The bird GPS - long-range navigation in migrants

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3597-3604

  Thorup, Kasper ^a   Holland, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Long range; Magnetic; Navigation; Olfactory; Orientation; Stellar

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BIRD; FLYING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CUES; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 70449849472     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.021238     Document Type: Review

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