Bird navigation: a clear view of magnetoreception.
Experiments with robins wearing frosted goggles have revealed a tantalising relationship between object vision and magnetoreception, shedding further light on the close interconnection between the two senses in migratory birds.
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Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK. dora.biro@zoo.ox.ac.uk
D025041:Animal Migration / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D008280:Magnetics; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D012677:Sensation / Q000502:physiology*; D020308:Songbirds / Q000502:physiology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*