Magnetoreception in birds: The effect of radio-frequency fields

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 103, 2015, Pages

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Thalau, Peter ^a   Gehring, Dennis ^a   Nießner, Christine ^c   Ritz, Thorsten ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptochrome 1a; Functional window; Magnetic compass; Magnetoreception; Radio frequency fields

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; BIRDS; COMPASSES (MAGNETIC); GEOMAGNETISM;

BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES; CRYPTOCHROMES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC COMPASS; MAGNETORECEPTION; PHOTO-REDUCTION; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; STATIC FIELDS;

RADIO WAVES;

CRYPTOCHROME;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERITHACUS; EUROPEAN ROBIN; GALLUS GALLUS; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAGNETORECEPTION; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPRING; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SONGBIRD;

AVES;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORIENTATION; RADIO WAVES; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 85003353041     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2014.1103     Document Type: Article

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