Migratory birds regularly perform impressive long-distance flights, which are timed relative to
the anticipated environmental resources at destination areas that can be several thousand …

Recent advances have brought much new insight into the physiological mechanisms and
required characteristics of the sensory molecules that enable birds to use magnetic fields for …

The light-dependent magnetic compass of birds provides orientation information about the
spatial alignment of the geomagnetic field. It is proposed to be located in the avian retina …

The exceptional navigational capabilities of migrating birds are based on the perception and
integration of a variety of natural orientation cues. The “Wulst” in the forebrain of night …

Several studies have shown that experienced night-migratory songbirds can determine their
position, but it has remained a mystery which cues and sensory mechanisms they use, in …

Birds are capable of true navigation, the ability to return to a known goal from a place they
have never visited before. This is demonstrated most spectacularly during the vast migratory …

The Earth's magnetic field provides potentially useful information, which birds could use for
directional and/or positional information. It has been clearly demonstrated that many birds …

Birds seasonally switch from one life history state (LHS) to another to maximize their fitness.
Accordingly, they exhibit distinct differences in their physiological and behavioral …

Twice‐a‐year migrations, one in autumn and the other in spring, occur within a discrete time
window with striking alterations in the behavior and physiology, as regulated by the …

This study investigated the molecular changes associated with neural plasticity in
photoperiodic induction of spring migration in intact and castrated redheaded bunting …