ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2017
Compass systems.
Article in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- A new data-driven paradigm for the study of avian migratory navigation.Movement ecology · 2025Review
- A perspective on neuroethology: what the past teaches us about the future of neuroethology.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2024Review
- Gauge-and-compass migration: inherited magnetic headings and signposts can adapt to changing geomagnetic landscapes.Movement ecology · 2023Article
- Predicting performance of naïve migratory animals, from many wrongs to self-correction.Communications biology · 2022Article
- No apparent effect of a magnetic pulse on free-flight behaviour in northern wheatears (Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- In Search for the Avian Trigeminal Magnetic Sensor: Distribution of Peripheral and Central Terminals of Ophthalmic Sensory Neurons in the Night-Migratory Eurasian Blackcap (Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2022Article
- A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird.The Journal of experimental biology · 2021Article
- Fusion of wildlife tracking and satellite geomagnetic data for the study of animal migration.Movement ecology · 2021Article
- Magnetic map navigation in a migratory songbird requires trigeminal input.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- The magnetic map sense and its use in fine-tuning the migration programme of birds.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2017Review
- The symbiotic magnetic-sensing hypothesis: doMovement ecology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Three compass systems based on global cues known to exist in migrating birds are reviewed. Two of these systems are based on celestial cues, a time-dependent sun compass and time-independent, i.e. not involving the internal clock, star compass. The third system is the magnetic compass, based on a separate sensory modality, which currently attracts much attention from behavioural ecologists, physiologists and physicists. The complex pattern of hierarchy and interactions between these compass systems is briefly discussed. It is argued that rules of integration of information from different compass cues are likely dependent on ecological and geographic conditions the birds are facing during their journey, so it is likely that no single set of rules is shared by all migrating birds.
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