Magnetic alignment in mammals and other animals
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F13%3A10127697" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/13:10127697 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41320/13:63486
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504712000754" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1616504712000754</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2012.05.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.mambio.2012.05.005</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Magnetic alignment in mammals and other animals
Original language description
Magnetic alignment (MA) constitutes the simplest directional response to the geomagnetic field. In con- trast to magnetic compass orientation, MA is not goal directed and represents a spontaneous, fixed directional response. Because animals tend to aligntheir bodies along or perpendicular to the magnetic field lines, MA typically leads to bimodal or quadrimodal orientation, although there is also growing evi- dence for a fixed unimodal orientation not necessarily coinciding with the magnetic cardinal directions. MA has been demonstrated in diverse animals including insects, amphibians, fish, and mammals. Align- ment can be expressed by animals during resting as well as on the move (e.g. while grazing, hunting, feeding, etc.). Here, we briefly survey characteristic features and classical examples of MA and review the current knowledge about the occurrence of MA in mammals. In addition, we summarize what is known about mechanisms underlying MA and discuss its prospective biological func
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EG - Zoology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP506%2F11%2F2121" target="_blank" >GAP506/11/2121: Magnetic alignment of mammals</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Mammalian Biology
ISSN
1616-5047
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
78
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
10-20
UT code for WoS article
000314004700003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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