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After-effects of exposure to conflicting celestial and magnetic cues at sunset in migratory Silvereyes Zosterops l. lateralis

R. Wiltschko, Auteur ; U. Munro, Auteur ; H. Ford, Auteur ; W. Wiltschko, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (30(1) MAR 1999)

Migratory birds can use celestial and magnetic cues to locate their migratory direction. The relative importance of the two cue systems was analyzed by testing Australian Silvereyes for their orientation behaviour in a cue-conflict situation dur[...]

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Food consumption, body mass and fat deposition in captive regent honeyeaters, Xanthomyza phrygia (Meliphagidae), during the non-breeding season

U. Munro, Auteur ; M. McFadden, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (146(1) JAN 2005)

The regent honeyeater (Xanthomyza phrygia) is a large endangered honeyeater from eastern and south-eastern Australia. Little is known about the ecology of this bird during the autumn-winter period, when it is absent from its breeding areas. In t[...]

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The magnetic compass of domestic chickens

W. Wiltschko, Auteur ; R. Wiltschko, Auteur ; R. Freire, Auteur ; U. Munro, Auteur ; L. Rogers, Auteur ; P. Thalau, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (147(5, Suppl. 1) AUG 2006)

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Moult in captive partially migratory and sedentary Australian silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) (Zosteropidae)

U. Munro, Auteur ; J. R. Funnell, Auteur ; A. S. Thomson, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (147(2) APR 2006)

In this study, we describe and compare the duration and timing of post-breeding moult of primary and secondary wing feathers, tail feathers, wing coverts and body feathers in captive partially migratory and non-migratory Australian silvereyes (Z[...]

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