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Bats Use Magnetite to Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field

While the role of magnetic cues for compass orientation has been confirmed in numerous animals, the mechanism of detection is still debated. Two hypotheses have been proposed, one based on a light dependent mechanism, apparently used by birds and another based on a “compass organelle” containing the...

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Autores principales: Holland, Richard A., Kirschvink, Joseph L., Doak, Thomas G., Wikelski, Martin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2246016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18301753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001676