Cattle on pastures do align along the North?South axis, but the alignment depends on herd density
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F13%3A00069007" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/13:00069007 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-013-0827-5" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-013-0827-5</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-013-0827-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00359-013-0827-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Cattle on pastures do align along the North?South axis, but the alignment depends on herd density
Original language description
Alignment is a spontaneous behavioral preference of particular body orientation that may be seen in various vertebrate or invertebrate taxa. Animals often optimize their positions according to diverse directional environmental factors such as wind, stream, slope, sun radiation, etc. Magnetic alignment represents the simplest directional response to the geomagnetic field and a growing body of evidence of animals aligning their body positions according to geomagnetic lines whether at rest or during feedings is accumulating. Recently, with the aid of Google Earth application, evidence of prevailing North?South (N?S) body orientation of cattle on pastures was published (Begall et al. PNAS 105:13451?13455, 2008; Burda et al. PNAS 106:5708?5713, 2009). Nonetheless, a subsequent study from a different laboratory did not confirm this phenomenon (Hert et al. J Comp Physiol A 197:677?682, 2011). The aim of our study was to enlarge the pool of independently gained data on this remarkable animal b
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
ED - Physiology
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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
Journal of Comparative Physiology A
ISSN
0340-7594
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
199
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
695-701
UT code for WoS article
000322028800003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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