Magnetoreception in birds: no intensity window in "fixed direction" responses.

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Published in Naturwissenschaften on September 17, 2009

Authors

Wolfgang Wiltschko1, Lars Dehe, Katrin Stapput, Peter Thalau, Roswitha Wiltschko

Author Affiliations

1: FB Biowissenschaften, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Siesmayerstrasse 70, 60054, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

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