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SUBMITTER: Akesson S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522512 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Åkesson Susanne S Bianco Giuseppe G
Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 20170512 6-7
Bird migration has fascinated humans for centuries and routes crossing the globe are now starting to be revealed by advanced tracking technology. A central question is what compass mechanism, celestial or geomagnetic, is activated during these long flights. Different approaches based on the geometry of flight routes across the globe and route simulations based on predictions from compass mechanisms with or without including the effect of winds have been used to try to answer this question with v ...[more]