Bat head contains soft magnetic particles: Evidence from magnetism

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 499-503

  Tian, Lanxiang ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Zhang, Shuyi ^b   Pan, Yongxin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bat; Magnetic measurements; Magnetoreceptor; Migratory; Non migratory

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOMETERS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

BAT; BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATION; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORECEPTION; MAGNETORECEPTOR; MIGRATORY; NON-MIGRATORY; SATURATION ISOTHERMAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATIONS; SOFT MAGNETIC PARTICLE;

ISOTHERMS;

CHAEREPHON PLICATA; HIPPOSIDEROS ARMIGER; MINIOPTERUS FULIGINOSUS; MYOTIS RICKETTI; NYCTALUS; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM;

MAGNETITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; HEAD; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; HEAD; MAGNETICS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77956902557     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20590     Document Type: Article

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