A nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun

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

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6941-6945

  Holland, Richard A ^a   Borissov, Ivailo ^a,b   Siemers, Björn M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Navigation; Orientation; Sensory ecology; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALIBRATION; CHIROPTERA; MAGNETICS; MAMMALS; ORIENTATION; SUNLIGHT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77951034915     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912477107     Document Type: Article

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