Maps and Compasses

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 375-380

  Fraser, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal navigation; Compass; Homing; Hydrostatic pressure; Infrasound; Magnetic field; Magnetite; Map; Migration; Odometer; Olfaction; Pigeon; Polarized light; Radical pair; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881169157     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00069-3     Document Type: Chapter

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