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

The magnetic map sense and its use in fine-tuning the migration programme of birds.

D Heyers, D Elbers, M Bulte, F Bairlein, H Mouritsen

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Review 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 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Magnetic maps in animal navigation.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2022
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  6. Magnetic map in nonanadromous Atlantic salmon.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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  8. Magnetic activation in the brain of the migratory northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe).Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2017
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5 authors.

D HeyersAG Animal Navigation, Faculty of Biology/Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany. dominik.heyers@uni-oldenburg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2831-6985
D ElbersAG Animal Navigation, Faculty of Biology/Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany.
M Bulte, Schmidtkunzstraße 13, 86199, Augsburg, Germany.
F BairleinInstitute for Avian Research "Vogelwarte Helgoland", 26386, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
H MouritsenAG Animal Navigation, Faculty of Biology/Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, 26111, Oldenburg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Earth's magnetic field is one of several natural cues, which migratory birds can use to derive directional ("compass") information for orientation on their biannual migratory journeys. Moreover, magnetic field effects on prominent aspects of the migratory programme of birds, such as migratory restlessness behaviour, fuel deposition and directional orientation, implicate that geomagnetic information can also be used to derive positional ("map") information. While the magnetic "compass" in migratory birds is likely to be based on radical pair-forming molecules embedded in their visual system, the sensory correlates underlying a magnetic "map" sense currently remain elusive. Behavioural, physiological and neurobiological findings indicate that the sensor is most likely innervated by the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve and based on magnetic iron particles. Information from this unknown sensor is neither necessary nor sufficient for a functional magnetic compass, but instead could contribute important components of a multifactorial "map" for global positioning. Positional information could allow migratory birds to make vitally important dynamic adaptations of their migratory programme at any relevant point during their journeys.

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MagneticsAnimal MigrationAnimalsBirdsOrientationMagnetoreceptionMigratory fuellingMigratory restlessnessNavigationOrientation

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