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ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2017

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Roswitha Wiltschko

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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 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 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 · 2024
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  3. Magnetic maps in animal navigation.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2022
    Review
  4. Magnetoreception in birds.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Roswitha WiltschkoFB Biowissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Biologicum, Max von Laue-Str. 13, 60438, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. wiltschko@bio.uni-frankfurt.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1321-4473

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Experiments with migrating birds displaced during autumn migration outside their normal migration corridor reveal two different navigational strategies: adult migrants compensate for the displacement, and head towards their traditional wintering areas, whereas young first-time migrants continue in their migratory direction. Young birds are guided to their still unknown goal by a genetically coded migration program that indicates duration and direction(s) of the migratory flight by controlling the amount of migratory restlessness and the compass course(s) with respect to the geomagnetic field and celestial rotation. Adult migrants that have already wintered and are familiar with the goal area approach the goal by true navigation, specifically heading towards it and changing their course correspondingly after displacement. During their first journey, young birds experience the distribution of potential navigational factors en route and in their winter home, which allows them to truly navigate on their next migrations. The navigational factors used appear to include magnetic intensity as a component in their multi-modal navigational 'map'; olfactory input is also involved, even if it is not yet entirely clear in what way. The mechanisms of migratory birds for true navigation over long distances appear to be in principle similar to those discussed for by homing pigeons.

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Animal MigrationAnimalsColumbidaeMagneticsOrientationSmellMagnetic intensityMigration programNavigational ‘map’Olfactory inputTrue navigation

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