ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology2012
Unraveling navigational strategies in migratory insects.
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26 citing papers in PubMed.
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- From skylight cues to magnetic fields: the toolkit of insect long-distance navigation.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Review
- The diversity of lepidopteran spatial orientation strategies - neuronal mechanisms and emerging challenges in a changing world.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Review
- Neurons sensitive to sky compass signals in the brain of the Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
- A north-south hemispheric migratory divide in the butterfly Vanessa cardui.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Using plant circadian programs to optimize agrochemical use.The New phytologist · 2025Review
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- Weighting of Celestial and Terrestrial Cues in the Monarch Butterfly Central Complex.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2022Article
- Multimodal interactions in insect navigation.Animal cognition · 2020Review
- Monarch Butterfly Migration Moving into the Genetic Era.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2020Review
- Finding a place and leaving a mark in memory formation.Journal of neurogenetics · 2020Review
- Model and Non-model Insects in Chronobiology.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2020Review
- Two Compasses in the Central Complex of the Locust Brain.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2019Article
- The insect central complex and the neural basis of navigational strategies.The Journal of experimental biology · 2019Review
- The tethered flight technique as a tool for studying life-history strategies associated with migration in insects.Ecological entomology · 2018Review
- Comparison of Navigation-Related Brain Regions in Migratory versus Non-Migratory Noctuid Moths.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2017Article
- Can invertebrates see the e-vector of polarization as a separate modality of light?The Journal of experimental biology · 2016Review
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- Sensory basis of lepidopteran migration: focus on the monarch butterfly.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2015Review
- Amplitude and dynamics of polarization-plane signaling in the central complex of the locust brain.Journal of neurophysiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Long-distance migration is a strategy some animals use to survive a seasonally changing environment. To reach favorable grounds, migratory animals have evolved sophisticated navigational mechanisms that rely on a map and compasses. In migratory insects, the existence of a map sense (sense of position) remains poorly understood, but recent work has provided new insights into the mechanisms some compasses use for maintaining a constant bearing during long-distance navigation. The best-studied directional strategy relies on a time-compensated sun compass, used by diurnal insects, for which neural circuits have begun to be delineated. Yet, a growing body of evidence suggests that migratory insects may also rely on other compasses that use night sky cues or the Earth's magnetic field. Those mechanisms are ripe for exploration.
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