A magnetic compass aids monarch butterfly migration

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Guerra, Patrick A ^a   Gegear, Robert J ^b   Reppert, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Life Science and Bioengineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; BUTTERFLY; FLIGHT; LIGHT EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; FLIGHT; GENERAL DEVICE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAGNETIC COMPASS AID; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGRANT; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PHOTON; POPULATION MIGRATION; SIMULATOR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WHITE LIGHT; ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEASON; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BUTTERFLIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; SEASONS; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903482026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5164     Document Type: Article

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