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List of works by Rachel Muheim

A New View on an Old Debate: Type of Cue-Conflict Manipulation and Availability of Stars Can Explain the Discrepancies between Cue-Calibration Experiments with Migratory Songbirds

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

A behavioral perspective on the biophysics of the light-dependent magnetic compass: a link between directional and spatial perception?

scientific article published on October 2010

Animal navigation

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Auditory and Magnetic Compass Orientation in C57BL/6 mice

Avian orientation at steep angles of inclination: experiments with migratory white-crowned sparrows at the magnetic North Pole

article by S Akesson et al published 22 September 2001 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Avian orientation: effects of cue-conflict experiments with young migratory songbirds in the high Arctic

Behavioural and physiological mechanisms of polarized light sensitivity in birds

scientific article published on March 2011

BirdOriTrack: a new video-tracking program for orientation research with migratory birds

Calibration of magnetic and celestial compass cues in migratory birds--a review of cue-conflict experiments

scientific article

Clock-shift experiments with Savannah sparrows, Passerculus sandwichensis , at high northern latitudes

scientific article published in 2002

Compass orientation and possible migration routes of passerine birds at high arctic latitudes

scientific article published in 2003

Dramatic orientation shift of white-crowned sparrows displaced across longitudes in the high Arctic

scientific article published in September 2005

Ecological factors influence timing of departures in nocturnally migrating songbirds at Falsterbo, Sweden

scholarly article by Sissel Sjöberg et al published May 2017 in Animal Behaviour

Ectosymbionts alter spontaneous responses to the Earth's magnetic field in a crustacean

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Expression patterns of cryptochrome genes in avian retina suggest involvement of Cry4 in light-dependent magnetoreception

scientific article published in March 2018

Feasibility of sun and magnetic compass mechanisms in avian long-distance migration.

scientific article published on 6 June 2018

Fuel reserves affect migratory orientation of thrushes and sparrows both before and after crossing an ecological barrier near their breeding grounds

Light-dependent magnetic compass orientation in amphibians and insects: candidate receptors and candidate molecular mechanisms

scientific article

Magnetic Compass Orientation by C57BL/6J Mice in a Modified "Plus" Morris Water Maze

Magnetic Orientation in Migratory Songbirds

article published in 2010

Magnetic compass of migratory Savannah sparrows is calibrated by skylight polarization at sunrise and sunset

Magnetic compass orientation in C57BL/6J mice

scientific article

Magnetic compass orientation research with migratory songbirds at Stensoffa Ecological Field Station in southern Sweden: why is it so difficult to obtain seasonally appropriate orientation?

scholarly article by Rachel Muheim et al published January 2017 in Journal of Avian Biology

Magnetic maps in animals: a theory comes of age?

scientific article published on December 2006

Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology

scientific article published in November 2011

Nocturnal orientation of robins, Erithacus rubecula: birds caught during migratory flight are disoriented

Orientation and autumn migration routes of juvenile sharp-tailed sandpipers at a staging site in Alaska

scientific article published in June 2010

Polarized light cues underlie compass calibration in migratory songbirds

scientific article

Polarized light modulates light-dependent magnetic compass orientation in birds

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

Pre-settlement coral-reef fish larvae respond to magnetic field changes during the day.

scientific article published on 2 June 2017

Rapid learning of magnetic compass direction by C57BL/6 mice in a 4-armed 'plus' water maze

scientific article

Response of a free-flying songbird to an experimental shift of the light polarization pattern around sunset

scientific article published on 21 December 2012

Response to R. Wiltschko et al. (J. Ornithol.): Contradictory results on the role of polarized light in compass calibration in migratory songbirds

Sensory mechanisms of animal orientation and navigation

Spike dives of juvenile southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii): a navigational role?

article published in 2009

Spontaneous magnetic orientation in larval Drosophila shares properties with learned magnetic compass responses in adult flies and mice

scientific article published on 13 December 2012

The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass

The Light-Dependent Magnetic Compass

The behavioural ecology of animal movement: reflections upon potential synergies

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Weather and fuel reserves determine departure and flight decisions in passerines migrating across the Baltic Sea

White-throated sparrows calibrate their magnetic compass by polarized light cues during both autumn and spring migration

scientific article published in November 2009

Zebra finches have a light-dependent magnetic compass similar to migratory birds.

scientific article