Magnetic alignment in warthogs Phacochoerus africanus and wild boars Sus scrofa

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F17%3A74954" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/17:74954 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12077" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12077</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mam.12077" target="_blank" >10.1111/mam.12077</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Magnetic alignment in warthogs Phacochoerus africanus and wild boars Sus scrofa
Original language description
Magnetic alignment (MA) results from the preference of animals to align themselves along the field lines of the geomagnetic field, a behavioural expression of a magnetic sense. MA is well documented for ruminants and might demonstrate a general magnetic sensory ability among artiodactyls. We measured body-axis alignment in 1614 foraging or resting wild boars Sus scrofa, 1849 wild boar beds, and 1347 warthogs Phacochoerus africanus, and found a highly significant north-south preference. The magnetic field was the only common denominator of all observations. Thus, we provide the first data suggesting a magnetic sense in the Suidae.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-21840S" target="_blank" >GA15-21840S: Magnetosensitivity in dogs and other animals: Magnetic alignment, cognitive maps and selective sensory attention</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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