Orientation and navigation in birds
How birds orientate and navigate over long distances, remains one of the subjects of ornithology eliciting much interest. Birds use combinations of different sources of information to find direction and position. Some of these are the geomagnetic field, celestial bodies, mosaic and gradient maps,...
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Language: | Afrikaans |
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South African Journal of Science and Technology
1998-07-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Science and Technology |
Online Access: | http://www.satnt.ac.za/index.php/satnt/article/view/685 |