Magnetoreception in birds: No intensity window in "fixed direction" responses

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Dehe, Lars ^a   Stapput, Katrin ^a   Thalau, Peter ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Fixed direction" response; Functional window; Magnetic compass; Magnetite based receptors; Migratory orientation

Indexed keywords

LIGHT INTENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION ROUTE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; COLOR VISION; DARKNESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GERMANY; LIGHT; LIGHTING; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

EID: 73649132629     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0608-8     Document Type: Article

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