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Migratory blackcaps can use their magnetic compass at 5 degrees inclination, but are completely random at 0 degrees inclination
It is known that night-migratory songbirds use a magnetic compass measuring the magnetic inclination angle, i.e. the angle between the Earth’s surface and the magnetic field lines, but how do such birds orient at the magnetic equator? A previous study reported that birds are completely randomly orie...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5036058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27667569 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep33805 |