{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Karwinkel T"],"funding":["Institute of Avian Research: Institut fur Vogelforschung Vogelwarte Helgoland","Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft","Bundesamt fur Naturschutz"],"pagination":["jeb244473"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9604362"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["225(19)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Current evidence suggests that migratory animals extract map information from the geomagnetic field for true navigation. The sensory basis underlying this feat is elusive, but presumably involves magnetic particles. A common experimental manipulation procedure consists of pre-treating animals with a magnetic pulse, with the aim of re-magnetising particles to alter the internal representation of the external field prior to a navigation task. Although pulsing provoked deflected bearings in caged songbirds, analogous studies with free-flying songbirds yielded inconsistent results. Here, we pulsed European robins (Erithacus rubecula) at an offshore stopover site during spring migration and monitored their free-flight behaviour with a regional-scale network of radio-receiving stations. We found"],"journal":["The Journal of experimental biology"],"pubmed_title":["A magnetic pulse does not affect free-flight navigation behaviour of a medium-distance songbird migrant in spring."],"pmcid":["PMC9604362"],"funding_grant_id":["395940726","351986140A","351582210A","SCHM 2647/7-1","SCHM 2647/3–1","SCHM 2647/4-1"],"pubmed_authors":["Schmaljohann H","Janner LE","Karwinkel T","Brust V","Huppop O","Bairlein F","Winklhofer M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A magnetic pulse does not affect free-flight navigation behaviour of a medium-distance songbird migrant in spring.","description":"Current evidence suggests that migratory animals extract map information from the geomagnetic field for true navigation. The sensory basis underlying this feat is elusive, but presumably involves magnetic particles. A common experimental manipulation procedure consists of pre-treating animals with a magnetic pulse, with the aim of re-magnetising particles to alter the internal representation of the external field prior to a navigation task. Although pulsing provoked deflected bearings in caged songbirds, analogous studies with free-flying songbirds yielded inconsistent results. Here, we pulsed European robins (Erithacus rubecula) at an offshore stopover site during spring migration and monitored their free-flight behaviour with a regional-scale network of radio-receiving stations. We found","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2026-05-03T10:38:56.004Z","creation":"2025-04-05T11:57:19.578Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9604362","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36111526"],"doi":["10.1242/jeb.244473"]}}