MagLepidoptera: compass systems in European migratory
Lepidoptera

magnetic compass, sun compass, stellar compass, hierarchy of compass systems

MagButterflies

This projects is funded by UKRI Guarantee Scheme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowship to A. Pakhomov)

  • Articles, reviews and preprints published online during the month.

  • 🦇 Lindecke O., Schneider W. T., Vintulis V., Jordan N., Cellarius F., Marggraf L. C., Niehues J., Jaunzemis V., Keišs O., Holland R. A. Disruptive effects of brief radiofrequency noise exposure on migratory bat navigation. Science, doi: 10.1126/science.adq4418 Why we think it is worth reading: For the first time, this study shows that brief exposure to human-generated…

  • New articles: Magnetic cues and refuelling in thrush nightingales (Luscinia luscinia): a 25-year-old hypothesis revisited

    A new paper is out! We revisited a 25-year-old hypothesis that magnetic cues trigger increased fuelling in young migratory birds before crossing the Sahara. In thrush nightingales, we found no robust effect, suggesting that this response may be context-dependent rather than universal. See the original study in the Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

MagMoths

This projects is funded by UKRI Guarantee Scheme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellowship to A. Pakhomov)