Ecology. Bird navigation--computing orthodromes.
There are many theories about how migrating birds navigate as Wehner explains in his Perspective. He discusses new findings obtained with radar on a Canadian coast guard icebreaker vessel, which show that Arctic seabirds are able to faithfully follow the great-circle (orthodrome) routes of far north...
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| Language: | English |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2001
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| Online Access: | https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/650/ https://www.zora.uzh.ch/650 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1058147 |
| Summary: | There are many theories about how migrating birds navigate as Wehner explains in his Perspective. He discusses new findings obtained with radar on a Canadian coast guard icebreaker vessel, which show that Arctic seabirds are able to faithfully follow the great-circle (orthodrome) routes of far northern latitudes most probably by steering with their sun compass while keeping their internal clock out of phase with local time (Alerstam et al.). |
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