Should animals navigating over short distances switch to a magnetic compass sense?
Magnetoreception can play a substantial role in long distance navigation by animals. I hypothesize that locomotion guided by a magnetic compass sense could also play a role in short distance navigation. Animals identify mates, prey or other short distance navigational goals using different sensory...
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| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2010-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2010.00042/full |