Insect migration:: Do migrant moths knows where they are heading?

被引：16

作者：

Carde, Ring T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Entomol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2008年 / 18卷 / 11期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cub.2008.04.018

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Moth migration has been assumed to involve hitching a ride in favorable winds. A new study has shown that silver Y moths migrate only on nights when winds would displace them southward, implying that they detect their direction of movement while airborne, likely by a magnetic sense.

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页码：R472 / R474

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