Magnetic orientation and magnetoreception in birds and other animals

W Wiltschko, R Wiltschko - Journal of comparative physiology A, 2005 - Springer
Animals use the geomagnetic field in many ways: the magnetic vector provides a compass;
magnetic intensity and/or inclination play a role as a component of the navigational 'map' …

Magnetoreception in birds

R Wiltschko, W Wiltschko - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Birds can use two kinds of information from the geomagnetic field for navigation: the
direction of the field lines as a compass and probably magnetic intensity as a component of …

[BOOK][B] Migration: the biology of life on the move

H Dingle - 2014 - books.google.com
Migration, broadly defined as directional movement to take advantage of spatially distributed
resources, is a dramatic behaviour and an important component of many life histories that …

The physics and neurobiology of magnetoreception

S Johnsen, KJ Lohmann - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
Diverse animals can detect magnetic fields but little is known about how they do so. Three
main hypotheses of magnetic field perception have been proposed. Electrosensitive marine …

Magnetic compass of birds is based on a molecule with optimal directional sensitivity

T Ritz, R Wiltschko, PJ Hore, CT Rodgers, K Stapput… - Biophysical journal, 2009 - cell.com
The avian magnetic compass has been well characterized in behavioral tests: it is an"
inclination compass" based on the inclination of the field lines rather than on the polarity …

The magnetic compass of birds: the role of cryptochrome

R Wiltschko, C Nießner, W Wiltschko - Frontiers in physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The geomagnetic field provides directional information for birds. The avian magnetic
compass is an inclination compass that uses not the polarity of the magnetic field but the …

Green light for nocturnally migrating birds

H Poot, BJ Ens, H de Vries, MAH Donners… - Ecology and …, 2008 - JSTOR
The nighttime sky is increasingly illuminated by artificial light sources. Although this
ecological light pollution is damaging ecosystems throughout the world, the topic has …

Cryptochromes and neuronal-activity markers colocalize in the retina of migratory birds during magnetic orientation

H Mouritsen, U Janssen-Bienhold… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Migratory birds can use a magnetic compass for orientation during their migratory journeys
covering thousands of kilometers. But how do they sense the reference direction provided by …

Cryptochrome Mediates Light-Dependent Magnetosensitivity of Drosophila's Circadian Clock

T Yoshii, M Ahmad, C Helfrich-Förster - PLoS biology, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Since 1960, magnetic fields have been discussed as Zeitgebers for circadian clocks, but the
mechanism by which clocks perceive and process magnetic information has remained …

Molecular biological effects of weak low-frequency magnetic fields: Frequency–amplitude efficiency windows and possible mechanisms

VV Krylov, EA Osipova - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review covers the phenomenon of resonance-like responses of biological systems to
low-frequency magnetic fields (LFMF). The historical development of this branch of …