Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages

  Hein, Christine Maira ^a   Zapka, Manuela ^a   Heyers, Dominik ^a   Kutzschbauch, Sandra ^a   Schneider, Nils Lasse ^a   Mouritsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Cluster N; Lateralization; Magnetic sense

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; MAGNETISM;

BIRD MIGRATION; CLUSTER N; LATERALIZATION; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETIC SENSE; MIGRATORY SONGBIRDS;

COMPASSES (MAGNETIC);

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMAGNETISM; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; MAGNETIC COMPASS ORIENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; SYLVIA BORIN; ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VISION;

AVES; PASSERI; SYLVIA BORIN;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LIGHT; ORIENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953239983     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0376.focus     Document Type: Article

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