Not all songbirds calibrate their magnetic compass from twilight cues: A telemetry study

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2540-2543

  Chernetsov, Nikita ^a   Kishkinev, Dmitry ^a,b   Kosarev, Vladislav ^c   Bolshakov, Casimir V ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^c BioConsult SH GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; Cue calibration; Migration; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ASTRONOMY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLYING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SONGBIRD; SUNLIGHT; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CUES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ORIENTATION; RUSSIA; SONGBIRDS; STARS, CELESTIAL; SUNLIGHT; TELEMETRY;

AVES; CATHARUS THRUSHES; PASSERI; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 79960691769     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057729     Document Type: Article

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