Avian magnetoreception: Elaborate iron mineral containing dendrites in the upper beak seem to be a common feature of birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Falkenberg, Gerald ^a   Fleissner, Gerta ^b   Schuchardt, Kirsten ^b   Kuehbacher, Markus ^c   Thalau, Peter ^b   Mouritsen, Henrik ^d   Heyers, Dominik ^d   Wellenreuther, Gerd ^a   Fleissner, Guenther ^b  

^a DESY   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS ION; IRON DERIVATIVE; MAGNETITE; IRON;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BIRD; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; X RAY; ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SONGBIRD; SPECTROMETRY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

AVES; COLUMBA; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; GALLUS GALLUS; GEOCORIS; SYLVIA BORIN;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BIRDS; CHICKENS; COLUMBIDAE; DENDRITES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; IRON; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SONGBIRDS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77949538083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009231     Document Type: Article

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