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Route simulations, compass mechanisms and long-distance migration flights in birds

Bird migration has fascinated humans for centuries and routes crossing the globe are now starting to be revealed by advanced tracking technology. A central question is what compass mechanism, celestial or geomagnetic, is activated during these long flights. Different approaches based on the geometry...

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Autores principales: Åkesson, Susanne, Bianco, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5522512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28500441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-017-1171-y