Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird

Nature

Volumn 509, Issue 7500, 2014, Pages 353-356

  Engels, Svenja ^a   Schneider, Nils Lasse ^a   Lefeldt, Nele ^a   Hein, Christine Maira ^a   Zapka, Manuela ^a   Michalik, Andreas ^a   Elbers, Dana ^a   Kittel, Achim ^a   Hore, P J ^b   Mouritsen, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NOISE; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EUROPEAN ROBIN; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NOISE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCREENING;

ALUMINUM; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; GERMANY; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORIENTATION; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84900525476     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13290     Document Type: Article

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