Cattle on pastures do align along the North-South axis, but the alignment depends on herd density

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 695-701

  Slaby, P ^a   Tomanova, K ^a   Vacha, M ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cattle; Magnetic alignment; Magnetoreception; Positions; Replication

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84880635071     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0827-5     Document Type: Article

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