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Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird by Engels, Svenja, Schneider, Nils-Lasse, Lefeldt, Nele, Hein, Christine Maira, Zapka, Manuela, Michalik, Andreas, Elbers, Dana, Kittel, Achim, Hore, P. J., Mouritsen, Henrik

“…For the first time under reproducible and fully double-blinded conditions, it is shown that anthropogenic electromagnetic noise below the WHO limits affects a…”
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Magnetic field changes activate the trigeminal brainstem complex in a migratory bird by Heyers, Dominik, Zapka, Manuela, Hoffmeister, Mara, Wild, John Martin, Mouritsen, Henrik

“…The upper beak of birds, which contains putative magnetosensory ferro-magnetic structures, is innervated by the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (V1)…”
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Molecular mapping of movement-associated areas in the avian brain: a motor theory for vocal learning origin by Feenders, Gesa, Liedvogel, Miriam, Rivas, Miriam, Zapka, Manuela, Horita, Haruhito, Hara, Erina, Wada, Kazuhiro, Mouritsen, Henrik, Jarvis, Erich D

“…Vocal learning is a critical behavioral substrate for spoken human language. It is a rare trait found in three distantly related groups of birds-songbirds,…”
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Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird by Zapka, Manuela, Heyers, Dominik, Liedvogel, Miriam, Jarvis, Erich D., Mouritsen, Henrik

“…Magnetic compass orientation in a night‐migratory songbird requires that Cluster N, a cluster of forebrain regions, is functional. Cluster N, which receives…”
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Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right or both eyes by Hein, Christine Maira, Zapka, Manuela, Heyers, Dominik, Kutzschbauch, Sandra, Schneider, Nils-Lasse, Mouritsen, Henrik

“…) are able to perform magnetic compass orientation with both eyes open, with only the left eye open and with only the right eye open. We did not observe any…”
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Weather significantly influences the migratory behaviour of night-migratory songbirds tested indoors in orientation cages by Hein, Christine Maira, Zapka, Manuela, Mouritsen, Henrik

“…Each year, millions of birds migrate from their breeding grounds to their overwintering sites and back. The success, duration and effort of such a long journey…”
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Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird by Zapka, Manuela, Heyers, Dominik, Hein, Christine M., Engels, Svenja, Schneider, Nils-Lasse, Hans, Jörg, Weiler, Simon, Dreyer, David, Kishkinev, Dmitry, Wild, J. Martin, Mouritsen, Henrik

“…Bird navigation: flying by eye How do birds find their way home? All agree that animals tap into Earth's magnetic field to create an internal 'compass' sense…”
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Survival costs of fast exploration during juvenile life in a small mammal by Rödel, Heiko G., Zapka, Manuela, Talke, Stefan, Kornatz, Tina, Bruchner, Barbara, Hedler, Christine

“…Animal personality is considered to be subject to natural selection, and measuring its fitness consequences is an important step in the study of the evolution…”
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Reproductive effort alters immune parameters measured post-partum in European rabbits under semi-natural conditions by Rödel, Heiko G., Zapka, Manuela, Stefanski, Volker, von Holst, Dietrich

“…Summary Reproduction is energetically costly, and females frequently trade off their reproductive effort with allocation to other physiological processes. One…”
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Timing of maternal nest building and perinatal offspring survival in a group-living small mammal by Seltmann, Martin W., Rangassamy, Marylin, Zapka, Manuela, Hoffman, Kurt L., Rödel, Heiko G.

“…Maternal care frequently includes the construction of a burrow or nest where mothers will raise their young. Delays in the timing of such complex sequences of…”
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