The magnetic compass of domestic chickens

In a recent paper, we showed that domestic chickens can be trained to search for a social stimulus in specific magnetic directions. Chickens can hardly fly and have only small home ranges, hence their having a functional magnetic compass may seem rather surprising. Yet considering the natural habita...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Denzau, Susanne, Nießner, Christine, Rogers, Lesley J, Wiltschko, Wolfgang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
Materias:
Article Addendum
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24753787
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.27096
_version_ 1782311437858766848
author Denzau, Susanne
Nießner, Christine
Rogers, Lesley J
Wiltschko, Wolfgang
author_facet Denzau, Susanne
Nießner, Christine
Rogers, Lesley J
Wiltschko, Wolfgang
author_sort Denzau, Susanne
collection PubMed
description In a recent paper, we showed that domestic chickens can be trained to search for a social stimulus in specific magnetic directions. Chickens can hardly fly and have only small home ranges, hence their having a functional magnetic compass may seem rather surprising. Yet considering the natural habitat of their ancestors and their lifestyle until recently, the advantages of a magnetic compass become evident.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3984290
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2013
publisher Landes Bioscience
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-39842902014-04-21 The magnetic compass of domestic chickens Denzau, Susanne Nießner, Christine Rogers, Lesley J Wiltschko, Wolfgang Commun Integr Biol Article Addendum In a recent paper, we showed that domestic chickens can be trained to search for a social stimulus in specific magnetic directions. Chickens can hardly fly and have only small home ranges, hence their having a functional magnetic compass may seem rather surprising. Yet considering the natural habitat of their ancestors and their lifestyle until recently, the advantages of a magnetic compass become evident. Landes Bioscience 2013-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3984290/ /pubmed/24753787 http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.27096 Text en Copyright © 2013 Landes Bioscience http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open-access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The article may be redistributed, reproduced, and reused for non-commercial purposes, provided the original source is properly cited.
spellingShingle Article Addendum
Denzau, Susanne
Nießner, Christine
Rogers, Lesley J
Wiltschko, Wolfgang
The magnetic compass of domestic chickens
title The magnetic compass of domestic chickens
title_full The magnetic compass of domestic chickens
title_fullStr The magnetic compass of domestic chickens
title_full_unstemmed The magnetic compass of domestic chickens
title_short The magnetic compass of domestic chickens
title_sort magnetic compass of domestic chickens
topic Article Addendum
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3984290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24753787
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.27096
work_keys_str_mv AT denzaususanne themagneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT nießnerchristine themagneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT rogerslesleyj themagneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT wiltschkowolfgang themagneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT denzaususanne magneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT nießnerchristine magneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT rogerslesleyj magneticcompassofdomesticchickens
AT wiltschkowolfgang magneticcompassofdomesticchickens

Ejemplares similares