Bats respond to very weak magnetic fields.

Bats respond to very weak magnetic fields.

How animals, including mammals, can respond to and utilize the direction and intensity of the Earth's magnetic field for orientation and navigation is contentious. In this study, we experimentally tested whether the Chinese Noctule, Nyctalus plancyi (Vespertilionidae) can sense magnetic field s...

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Main Authors: Lan-Xiang Tian, Yong-Xin Pan, Walter Metzner, Jin-Shuo Zhang, Bing-Fang Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4414586?pdf=render

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