Animal Navigation

The Animal Navigation Nachwuchsgruppe

Publications of the group leader published before 2002


Peer-reviewed research papers:

1998:

Mouritsen, H. ‘Redstarts, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, can orient in a true-zero magnetic field’. Animal Behaviour 55, 1311-1324.

1998:

Mouritsen, H. ‘Modelling migration: the clock-and-compass model can explain the distribution of ringing recoveries’. Animal Behaviour 56, 899-907.

1998:

Mouritsen, H. & Larsen, O.N. ‘Migrating young Pied Flycatchers do not compensate for geographical displacements’. Journal of Experimental Biology 201, 2927-2934.

2000:

Mouritsen, H. & Mouritsen, O. "A mathematical expectation model for bird navigation based on the clock-and-compass strategy". Journal of Theoretical Biology 60, 283-291..

2000:

Mouritsen, H. ´Ringing recoveries contain hidden information about orientation mechanisms.´ Ardea 89, 31-42.

2000:

Mouritsen, H. ´Yes, the clock-and-compass strategy can explain the distribution of ringing recoveries - reply to Thorup et al.´ Animal Behaviour 60, F9-F14.

2001:

Mouritsen, H. & Larsen, O.N. ´Migrating songbirds tested in computer controlled Emlen funnels use stellar cues for a time-independent compass´ Journal of Experimental Biology 204, 3855-3865.



Peer-reviewed review papers:

1998:

Mouritsen, H. ‘How do young night migrating passerines use their compasses for orientation during migration?’. Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress pp. 934-955.

2001:

Mouritsen, H. "Navigation in birds and other animals". Journal of Image and Vision Computing 19: 713-731.

Henrik Mouritsen
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