Longitude perception and bicoordinate magnetic maps in sea turtles

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 463-466

  Putman, Nathan F ^a   Endres, Courtney S ^a   Lohmann, Catherine M F ^a   Lohmann, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA; GEOGRAPHY; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 79952792975     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.057     Document Type: Article

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