Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone (2024)
Journal Article
Packmor, F., Kishkinev, D., Zechmeister, T., Mouritsen, H., & Holland, R. (2024). Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1363

Migratory birds are able to navigate over great distances with remarkable accuracy. The mechanism they use to achieve this feat is thought to involve two distinct steps: locating their position (the “map”) and heading towards the direction determi... Read More about Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone.

Circadian clock period length is not consistently linked to chronotype in a wild songbird (2024)
Journal Article
Tomotani, B., Strauß, A., Kishkinev, D., van de Haar, H., & Helm, B. (2024). Circadian clock period length is not consistently linked to chronotype in a wild songbird. European Journal of Neuroscience, https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16535

Circadian clock properties vary between individuals and relate to variation in entrained timing in captivity. How this variation translates into behavioural differences in natural settings, however, is poorly understood. Here we tested in great tits... Read More about Circadian clock period length is not consistently linked to chronotype in a wild songbird.