Animal Navigation: Seabirds Home to a Moving Magnetic Target
← Research streamShifts in the return locations of juvenile seabirds migrating from the Irish Sea to Argentina can be accurately predicted by changes in Earth's magnetic field, suggesting reliance on a geomagnetic map for navigation.
Study snapshot
Abstract
Animal Navigation: Seabirds Home to a Moving Magnetic Target Nathan F Putman. Animal Navigation: Seabirds Home to a Moving Magnetic Target Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 20;30(14):R802-R804. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.061. Abstract Shifts in the return locations of juvenile seabirds migrating from the Irish Sea to Argentina can be accurately predicted by changes in Earth's magnetic field, suggesting that these birds rely on a geomagnetic map for navigation. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Main findings
Shifts in the return locations of juvenile seabirds migrating from the Irish Sea to Argentina can be accurately predicted by changes in Earth's magnetic field, suggesting reliance on a geomagnetic map for navigation.
Outcomes measured
- navigation/return location shifts
- geomagnetic map use for navigation
Limitations
- No methods, sample size, or quantitative results are provided in the abstract.
- The abstract does not describe exposure metrics (e.g., field strength) or study design details.
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Identifiers and source
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.061
PubMed: 32693071
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