ReviewNature2018
Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals.
Review in Nature, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 196 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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196 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 519 citations in OpenAlex.
- Active swimming and transphort by currents observed in Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica) acoustically tracked in the western North Pacific.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- Echolocating free-tailed bats use vision and hearing but not magnetoreception when navigating a maze.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
- Protein-Solvent Interface Controls Proton-Coupled Reactivity in Cryptochrome 4a.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Records of compass heading for long-distance ocean migrators show mid-ocean reorientation.Science advances · 2026Article
- Visual Aggregation Sensitivity of theInsects · 2026Article
- Shearwaters make efficient navigational decisions, even at very fine scales.The Journal of experimental biology · 2026Article
- Broad presence of ferromagnetism in bees and relationship to phylogeny, natural history, and sociality.Science advances · 2026Article
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- Silent forces, hidden currents: the influence of static magnetic field stimulation on tumor biophysics.npj biomedical innovations · 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
- A hybrid compass mechanism combining radical pairs and magnetite crystals.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Magnetoreceptive CRY/MagR complexes: linking circadian redox signalling to protein aggregation in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.ADMET & DMPK · 2026Review
- Psychedelics and the quantum brain: a falsifiable hypothesis on Posner molecules and spin-dependent pharmacology.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Article
- The Effect of High-Voltage Power Lines on Magnetic Orientation of Domestic Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- To Migrate or not to Migrate? Exploring the Genomic Basis of Partial Migratory Behavior in Bats.Genome biology and evolution · 2025Article
- Protein and Solvent Reorganization Drives Radical Pair Stability in Avian Cryptochrome 4a.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025Article
- Allocentric flocking.Nature communications · 2025Article
- A reproducible model for magnetosensitivity: earthworms in transparent soil reduce their cumulative movement in an extremely weak magnetic field.Biology letters · 2025Article
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Abstract
For centuries, humans have been fascinated by how migratory animals find their way over thousands of kilometres. Here, I review the mechanisms used in animal orientation and navigation with a particular focus on long-distance migrants and magnetoreception. I contend that any long-distance navigational task consists of three phases and that no single cue or mechanism will enable animals to navigate with pinpoint accuracy over thousands of kilometres. Multiscale and multisensory cue integration in the brain is needed. I conclude by raising twenty important mechanistic questions related to long-distance animal navigation that should be solved over the next twenty years.
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