Magnetic orientation of migratory robins, Erithacus rubecula, under long-wavelength light

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3096-3101

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Denzau, Susanne ^a   Gehring, Dennis ^a   Thalau, Peter ^a   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic compass; Magnetite based receptors; Magnetoreception; Oscillating fields; Radical pair processes; Wavelength dependency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORIENTATION; RADIO WAVES; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA;

EID: 80052195054     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059212     Document Type: Article

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