compass orientation
Ontogenetic development of magnetic compass orientation in domestic chickens (Gallus gallus)
... Ranging between 59 and 65%, the preferences of the magnetically correct axis observed in the present study in the birds tested from day 8 onward are not very pronounced. In our earlier study (Denzau et al., 2013), the ...
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Partial experience with the arc of the sun is sufficient for all day sun compass orientation in homing pigeons, Columba livia
... for orientation has been explored in numerous ...sun compass orientation to ...of compass orientation in a cue-controlled ...specific compass direction in an outdoor arena that ...
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Magnetic compass orientation in two strictly subterranean rodents: learned or species specific innate directional preference?
... Magnetic compass orientation or magnetic alignment has been conclusively demonstrated in only a handful of mammalian ...magnetic orientation in two other mole-rat species, the social giant mole-rat, ...
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Magnetic compass orientation in the blind mole rat Spalax ehrenbergi
... With regard to the toilet site, the mole rats did not show any magnetic compass orientation preference under either natural or altered magnetic fields. Careful examination of the pattern of urine and faeces ...
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Sun compass orientation in homing pigeons: compensation for different rates of change in azimuth?
... for compass orientation, they must compensate for the apparent movement of the sun with the help of their internal ...sun compass was discovered nearly 50 years ago by Kramer (1950) and von Frisch ...
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The role of extraocular photoreceptors in newt magnetic compass orientation: parallels between light dependent magnetoreception and polarized light detection in vertebrates
... magnetic orientation is ...magnetic compass from ...sun compass, rather than the magnetic compass, when the sun disk is visible (Ferguson, 1971; Adler, ...°-shifted orientation observed ...
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`Fixed axis' magnetic orientation by an amphibian: non shoreward directed compass orientation, misdirected homing or positioning a magnetite based map detector in a consistent alignment relative to the magnetic field?
... Use of the magnetic field by newts for map-based homing (i.e. true navigation) exhibits a number of functional properties that are distinct from shoreward compass orientation. Newts that are homing are ...
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Sun compass orientation helps coral reef fish larvae return to their natal reef
... requires orientation capabilities that enable larvae to find their ...based orientation has been implicated in homing when larvae are in the reef’s vicinity, it is still unclear how they cope with greater ...
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Magnetic compass orientation in European robins is dependent on both wavelength and intensity of light
... Directed orientation under red light seems to contradict the magnetoreception model proposed by Ritz et ...the orientation under red light and the abrupt behavioural change between ...
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Sanderlings (Calidris alba) have a magnetic compass: orientation experiments during spring migration in Iceland
... the orientation system of migratory birds is illustrated by species that migrate across high latitudes because they will have to face an extreme orientation cue ...inclination compass unreliable or ...
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Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: increasing intensity of monochromatic light changes the nature of the response
... magnetic compass orientation as the intensity of the monochromatic light ...from compass orientation to an axial response along the east-west axis increased with increasing wavelengths, from ...
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Spontaneous magnetic orientation in larval Drosophila shares properties with learned magnetic compass responses in adult flies and mice
... magnetic compass responses in both adult fruit flies and adult mealworm beetles appear to be mediated by a light- dependent mechanism (reviewed by Phillips et ...magnetic orientation when trained and tested ...
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Coordinating compass based and nest based flight directions during bumblebee learning and return flights
... of compass orientations of the bee’s longitudinal axis associated with the preferred directions of the straight ...Body orientation usually varies little within each straight segment – by less than 10deg ...
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Do monarch butterflies use polarized skylight for migratory orientation?
... for compass orientation during autumn ...first orientation experiments performed on monarch butterflies by Kanz (1977), whereas Hyatt’s (1993) experiments suggested a time- compensated polarization ...
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The sun compass of the sandhopper Talitrus saltator: the speed of the chronometric mechanism depends on the hours of light
... main compass orientation references, and the use of these sources of information allows the sandhoppers to return to their preferred zone (the band of wet sand) along the shortest path, ...
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A new approach to evaluate multimodal orientation behaviour of migratory passerine birds recorded in circular orientation cages
... in orientation cages could only show one migratory direction (with one exception of bimodal behaviour, ...the orientation cages probably shows that the mechanisms of bird compass orientation ...
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Orientation of lizards in a Morris water maze: roles of the sun compass and the parietal eye
... underlying orientation mechanisms are relatively unknown in these reptiles (Freake, ...sun compass: orientation of 6 h fast or slow clock-shifted spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovi) deviates in the ...
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Migratory blackcaps tested in Emlen funnels can orient at 85 degrees but not at 88 degrees magnetic inclination
... magnetic compass of night-migratory songbirds is almost certainly embedded in their visual system (Schulten et ...magnetic compass orientation ...
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COMPASS Observation
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Sans Merce, Marta (2001): Development of drift chambers and physics simulations for the COMPASS experiment. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Physik
... The COMPASS apparatus is a two-stage magnetic spectrometer (see fig. 2.5) to obtain a good momentum resolution from a few 100 MeV/c up to 150 GeV/c. Both stages will be equipped with hadronic and electromagnetic ...
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