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Animal navigation: the longitude problem.

James L Gould1.   

Abstract

Determining longitude is incredibly difficult--for humans. Are animals fooling us into thinking that they have bicoordinate maps? New experiments show that at least some creatures effortlessly solve the seemingly insoluble problem of longitude.

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Year:  2008        PMID: 18334198     DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.011

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN: 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


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1.  Activational effects of odours on avian navigation.

Authors:  Paulo E Jorge; Paulo A M Marques; John B Phillips
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2009-10-07       Impact factor: 5.349

2.  Juvenile songbirds compensate for displacement to oceanic islands during autumn migration.

Authors:  Kasper Thorup; Troels Eske Ortvad; Jørgen Rabøl; Richard A Holland; Anders P Tøttrup; Martin Wikelski
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2011-03-25       Impact factor: 3.240

3.  Magnetic map navigation in a migratory songbird requires trigeminal input.

Authors:  Alexander Pakhomov; Anna Anashina; Dominik Heyers; Dmitry Kobylkov; Henrik Mouritsen; Nikita Chernetsov
Journal:  Sci Rep       Date:  2018-08-10       Impact factor: 4.379

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