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Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. The discovery of the use of magnetic navigational information. J Comp Physiol A (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-021-01507-0 Abstract The magnetic field of the Earth provides animals with various kinds of information. Its use as a compass was discovered in the mid-1960s in birds, when it was first met with considerable skepticism, because it initially proved...
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Malkemper EP, Nimpf S, Nordmann GC, Keays DA. Neuronal circuits and the magnetic sense: central questions. J Exp Biol. 2020 Nov 9;223(Pt 21):jeb232371. doi: 10.1242/jeb.232371. PMID: 33168544. Abstract Magnetoreception is the ability to sense the Earth’s magnetic field, which is used for orientation and navigation. Behavioural experiments have shown that it is employed by many...
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