ReviewJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2022
Magnetic maps in animal navigation.
Review in Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
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19 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Static Magnetic Field Promotes Wheat Nitrogen Assimilation by Repressing Jasmonates Biosynthesis Through TaHY5.Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- The Effect of High-Voltage Power Lines on Magnetic Orientation of Domestic Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Disruption of the sea turtle magnetic map sense by a magnetic pulse.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025Article
- Map and compass navigation: the mechanism and ontogeny of animal maps.Animal behaviour · 2025Article
- The role of oceanographic scales in shaping highly mobile marine predator distributions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Neuromorphic encoding strategies for a noisy magnetic sense.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- North American avian species that migrate in flocks show greater long-term non-breeding range shift rates.Movement ecology · 2025Article
- Inter-nesting area use, migratory routes, and foraging grounds for hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the Western Caribbean.PloS one · 2025Article
- Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) only use magnetic cues for migratory directionality with orientation re-calibrated by coldness.PloS one · 2025Article
- Animal magnetic sensitivity and magnetic displacement experiments.Communications biology · 2024Article
- 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
- Uncovering loggerhead (Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2023Article
- Gauge-and-compass migration: inherited magnetic headings and signposts can adapt to changing geomagnetic landscapes.Movement ecology · 2023Article
- Life Unknown: Preliminary Scheme for a Magnetotrophic Organism.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
In addition to providing animals with a source of directional or 'compass' information, Earth's magnetic field also provides a potential source of positional or 'map' information that animals might exploit to assess location. In less than a generation, the idea that animals use Earth's magnetic field as a kind of map has gone from a contentious hypothesis to a well-established tenet of animal navigation. Diverse animals ranging from lobsters to birds are now known to use magnetic positional information for a variety of purposes, including staying on track along migratory pathways, adjusting food intake at appropriate points in a migration, remaining within a suitable oceanic region, and navigating toward specific goals. Recent findings also indicate that sea turtles, salmon, and at least some birds imprint on the magnetic field of their natal area when young and use this information to facilitate return as adults, a process that may underlie long-distance natal homing (a.k.a. natal philopatry) in many species. Despite recent progress, much remains to be learned about the organization of magnetic maps, how they develop, and how animals use them in navigation.
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