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Migration Along Orthodromic Sun Compass Routes by Arctic Birds

✍ Scribed by Alerstam, T.

Book ID
121163417
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
676 KB
Volume
291
Category
Article
ISSN
0036-8075

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The time-compensated sun compass furnishes migrating birds with a possibility of orientating along great circle routes. When moving across longitudes, birds are exposed to a time shift and, if sun compass orientation is used, the course is expected to change along the migration route. These expected