Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes

Several studies have suggested that the magnetic compass of birds is located only in the right eye. However, here we show that night-migrating garden warblers (Sylvia borin) are able to perform magnetic compass orientation with both eyes open, with only the left eye open and with only the right eye...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the Royal Society interface 2010-04, Vol.7 (Suppl-2), p.S227-S233
Hauptverfasser: Hein, Christine Maira, Zapka, Manuela, Heyers, Dominik, Kutzschbauch, Sandra, Schneider, Nils-Lasse, Mouritsen, Henrik
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