A strong magnetic anomaly affects pigeon navigation.

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Published in J Exp Biol on September 15, 2009

Authors

Roswitha Wiltschko1, Ingo Schiffner, Wolfgang Wiltschko

Author Affiliations

1: Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der JW Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Siesmayerstrasse 70, D-60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. wiltschko@bio.uni-frankfurt.de

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