An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behavior in a migratory songbird

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1165-1177

  Kishkinev, D ^a   Mouritsen, H ^a   Mora, C V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

European Robin; Magnetic stimulus; Magnetoreception; Navigation; Operant conditioning

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; PASSERI;

EID: 84866437016     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0847-x     Document Type: Article

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