Publikationsdatum:
1979-09-07
Beschreibung:
Research on pigeon homing suggests that magnetic field information is used for orientation. The ability of pigeons to sense magnetic fields may be associated with a small, unilateral structure between the brain and the skull which contains magnetic in what appears to be single domains.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Walcott, C -- Gould, J L -- Kirschvink, J L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Sep 7;205(4410):1027-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/472725" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
Animals
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Brain/physiology
;
Columbidae/*physiology
;
Head/physiology
;
*Magnetics
;
Orientation/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Digitale ISSN:
1095-9203
Thema:
Biologie
,
Chemie und Pharmazie
,
Informatik
,
Medizin
,
Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
,
Physik
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