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Migratory Orientation in the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea: Part I: Evidence for Use of Celestial Cues
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Stephen T. Emlen; Migratory Orientation in the Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea: Part I: Evidence for use of Celestial Cues, The Auk, Volume 84, Issue 3, 1 July
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“Indigo bunting birds, for example, learn a template for the constellations of the night sky long before ever leaving the nest to engage in navigation-dependent tasks (Emlen, 1967). This memory template is directly used to determine the direction of flight during migratory periods, a process that is modulated hormonally so that winter and summer flights are reversed.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Emlen, S. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Michigan (US)
- Corresponding author
- Emlen, Stephen T.
- ORCID
- Emlen, Stephen T.
- Venue
- The Auk
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1967-07
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 309-342
- ISSN
- 0004-8038 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-4254
- OpenAlex
- W2330740252
- Cited by
- 197
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 3.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Auk (publishedVersion)
- Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Michigan
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Keywords
- Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, bird migration, migratory orientation, celestial cues, sun compass, star navigation, avian navigation
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