Magnetorientierung und Mechanismen der Magnetrezeption bei Haushühnern

Applicant Professor Dr. Wolfgang Wiltschko

Subject Area Sensory and Behavioural Biology

Term from 2007 to 2012

Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 31168578

Final Report Year 2011

Final Report Abstract

No abstract available

(2007). The magnetic compass of domestic chicken, Gallus gallus. J. Exp. Biol. 210, 2300-2310
Wiltschko, W., R. Freire, U. Munro, T. Ritz, L. Rogers, P. Thalau, & R. Wiltschko
(2008). Different responses in two strains of chickens (Gallus gallus) in a magnetic orientation test. Anim. Cogn. 11,547-552
Freire R., U. Munro, L.J. Rogers, S. Sagasser, R. Wiltschko & W. Wiltschko
(2008). Lateralized response of chicks to magnetic cues. Behav. Brain Res. 186, 66-71
Roger L.J., U. Munro, R. Freire, R. Wiltschko & W. Wiltschko
(2010). Avian magnetic compass: Its functional properties and physical basis. Curr. Zool. 56, 265-276
Wiltschko R. & W. Wiltschko