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)

  • 🦇 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

  • New articles: Disruption of magnetic orientation in migratory songbirds by radiofrequency magnetic fields is mediated by a specialized sensory system

    Amplitude-modulated radiofrequency fields disrupted magnetic orientation at lower field strengths than unmodulated RF fields—challenging a cryptochrome-based explanation and pointing to a specialised sensory system. See the original study in the Journal of Royal Society Interface or the media coverage on PhysOrg

MagMoths

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