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Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals

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  • Henrik Mouritsen

    (Universität Oldenburg
    University of Oldenburg)

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For centuries, humans have been fascinated by how migratory animals find their way over thousands of kilometres. Here, I review the mechanisms used in animal orientation and navigation with a particular focus on long-distance migrants and magnetoreception. I contend that any long-distance navigational task consists of three phases and that no single cue or mechanism will enable animals to navigate with pinpoint accuracy over thousands of kilometres. Multiscale and multisensory cue integration in the brain is needed. I conclude by raising twenty important mechanistic questions related to long-distance animal navigation that should be solved over the next twenty years.

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  • Henrik Mouritsen, 2018. "Long-distance navigation and magnetoreception in migratory animals," Nature, Nature, vol. 558(7708), pages 50-59, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:558:y:2018:i:7708:d:10.1038_s41586-018-0176-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0176-1
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    1. Nikita Chernetsov & Alexander Pakhomov & Alexander Davydov & Fedor Cellarius & Henrik Mouritsen, 2020. "No evidence for the use of magnetic declination for migratory navigation in two songbird species," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(4), pages 1-10, April.
    2. Chengpeng Jiang & Honghuan Xu & Lu Yang & Jiaqi Liu & Yue Li & Kuniharu Takei & Wentao Xu, 2024. "Neuromorphic antennal sensory system," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    3. Painter, K.J. & Plochocka, A.Z., 2019. "Efficiency of island homing by sea turtles under multimodal navigating strategies," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 391(C), pages 40-52.

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