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A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird. (2021)
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Packmor, F., Kishkinev, D., Bittermann, F., Kofler, B., Machowetz, C., Zechmeister, T., …Holland, R. A. (2021). A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243337

For studies on magnetic compass orientation and navigation performance in small bird species, controlled experiments with orientation cages inside an electromagnetic coil system are the most prominent methodological paradigm. These are, however, not... Read More about A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird..

Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use. (2021)
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Griffiths, C., Schiffner, I., Price, E., Charnell-Hughes, M., Kishkinev, D., & Holland, R. A. (2021). Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use. Animal Behaviour, 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2021.05.004

Recent research into the navigational strategies of homing pigeons (Columba livia) inthe familiar area has highlighted the phenomenon of route fidelity – birds formingidiosyncratic flight paths to which they are loyal over multiple releases from the... Read More about Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use..

Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird (2021)
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Kishkinev, D., Packmor, F., Zechmeister, T., Winkler, H., Chernetsov, N., Mouritsen, H., & Holland, R. A. (2021). Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird. Current Biology, R330-R332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.051

Displacement experiments have demonstrated that experienced migratory birds translocated thousands of kilometers away from their migratory corridor to unfamiliar areas can orient towards and ultimately reach their intended destinations. This implies... Read More about Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird.

Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine (2020)
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Emmenegger, T., Bensch, S., Hahn, S., Kishkinev, D., Procházka, P., Zehtindjiev, P., & Bauer, S. (2020). Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine. Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7030

How blood parasite infections influence the migration of hosts remains a lively debated issue as past studies found negative, positive or no response to infections. This particularly applies to small birds, for which monitoring of detailed migration... Read More about Effects of blood parasite infections on spatiotemporal migration patterns and activity budgets in a long-distance migratory passerine.

Anosmic migrating songbirds demonstrate a compensatory response following long-distance translocation: a radio-tracking study (2019)
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Kishkinev, D., Anashina, A., Ishchenko, I., & Holland, R. A. (2019). Anosmic migrating songbirds demonstrate a compensatory response following long-distance translocation: a radio-tracking study. Journal of Ornithology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-019-01698-z

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 particular, those used to determine longitude (east–west position). One p... Read More about Anosmic migrating songbirds demonstrate a compensatory response following long-distance translocation: a radio-tracking study.

Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias. (2019)
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Brlík, V., Koleček, J., Burgess, M., Hahn, S., Humple, D., Krist, M., …Procházka, P. (2019). Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12962

Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of light-level geolocators enabled studying small bird species whose migratory patterns were widely... Read More about Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: A meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias..

Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. (2018)
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Dreyer, D., el Jundi, B., Kishkinev, D., Suchentrunk, C., Campostrini, L., Frost, B. J., …Warrant, E. J. (2018). Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.179218

Insect migrations are spectacular natural events and resemble a remarkable relocation of biomass between two locations in space. Unlike the well-known migrations of daytime flying butterflies, such as the painted lady (Vanessa cardui) or the monarch... Read More about Evidence for a southward autumn migration of nocturnal noctuid moths in central Europe..

Migratory Eurasian Reed Warblers Can Use Magnetic Declination to Solve the Longitude Problem. (2017)
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Chernetsov, N., Pakhomov, A., Kobylkov, D., Kishkinev, D., Holland, R. A., & Mouritsen, H. (2017). Migratory Eurasian Reed Warblers Can Use Magnetic Declination to Solve the Longitude Problem. Current Biology, 2647 - 2651.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.024

The longitude problem (determining east-west position) is a classical problem in human sea navigation. Prior to the use of GPS satellites, extraordinarily accurate clocks measuring the difference between local time and a fixed reference (e.g., GMT) [... Read More about Migratory Eurasian Reed Warblers Can Use Magnetic Declination to Solve the Longitude Problem..

Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study. (2016)
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Kishkinev, D., Heyers, D., Woodworth, B. K., Mitchell, G. W., Hobson, K. A., & Ryan Norris, D. (2016). Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study. Scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep37326

The ability to navigate implies that animals have the capability to compensate for geographical displacement and return to their initial goal or target. Although some species are capable of adjusting their direction after displacement, the environmen... Read More about Experienced migratory songbirds do not display goal-ward orientation after release following a cross-continental displacement: an automated telemetry study..

Magnetoreception systems in birds: A review of current research (2015)
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Kishkinev, D. A., & Chernetsov, N. S. (2015). Magnetoreception systems in birds: A review of current research. Успехи современной биологии / Biology Bulletin Reviews, 5(1), 46-62. https://doi.org/10.1134/s2079086415010041

At least two independent systems of magnetoreception are currently believed to exist in birds, based on different biophysical principles, located in different parts of their bodies, and with different neuroanatomical mechanisms. One magnetoreceptory... Read More about Magnetoreception systems in birds: A review of current research.

Migratory Reed Warblers Need Intact Trigeminal Nerves to Correct for a 1,000 km Eastward Displacement (2013)
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Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N., Heyers, D., & Mouritsen, H. (2013). Migratory Reed Warblers Need Intact Trigeminal Nerves to Correct for a 1,000 km Eastward Displacement. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065847

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 particular, those used to determine longitude (east-west position). One p... Read More about Migratory Reed Warblers Need Intact Trigeminal Nerves to Correct for a 1,000 km Eastward Displacement.

An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behavior in a migratory songbird (2012)
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Kishkinev, D., Mouritsen, H., & Mora, C. V. (2012). An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behavior in a migratory songbird. Journal of Ornithology, 153(4), 1165-1177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-012-0847-x

Birds are thought to possess two magnetosensory systems: (1) a chemical sensor in the bird’s eye, and (2) a magnetoreceptor innervated by the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve (V1) and presumably located in the upper beak. It has been recentl... Read More about An attempt to develop an operant conditioning paradigm to test for magnetic discrimination behavior in a migratory songbird.

Not all songbirds calibrate their magnetic compass from twilight cues: a telemetry study (2011)
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Chernetsov, N., Kishkinev, D., Kosarev, V., & Bolshakov, C. V. (2011). Not all songbirds calibrate their magnetic compass from twilight cues: a telemetry study. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214(15), 2540-2543. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.057729

Migratory birds are able to use the sun and associated polarised light patterns, stellar cues and the geomagnetic field for orientation. No general agreement has been reached regarding the hierarchy of orientation cues. Recent data from naturally mig... Read More about Not all songbirds calibrate their magnetic compass from twilight cues: a telemetry study.

A Double-Clock or Jetlag Mechanism is Unlikely to be Involved in Detection of East–West Displacements in a Long-Distance Avian Migrant (2010)
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Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N., & Mouritsen, H. (2010). A Double-Clock or Jetlag Mechanism is Unlikely to be Involved in Detection of East–West Displacements in a Long-Distance Avian Migrant. Auk, 127(4), 773-780. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2010.10032

Migratory birds are known to be able to navigate—to determine their position on the globe and the direction toward their distant goal—even if they cannot perceive any information emanating from the goal. One hypothesis, that of true bicoordinate navi... Read More about A Double-Clock or Jetlag Mechanism is Unlikely to be Involved in Detection of East–West Displacements in a Long-Distance Avian Migrant.

Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird (2009)
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Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Schneider, N., Hans, J., …Mouritsen, H. (2009). Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird. Nature, 461(7268), 1274-1277. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08528

Magnetic compass information has a key role in bird orientation1,2,3, but the physiological mechanisms enabling birds to sense the Earth’s magnetic field remain one of the unresolved mysteries in biology2,4. Two biophysical mechanisms have become est... Read More about Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird.

To what extent do environmental factors affect the long-distance nocturnal post-fledging movements of the Reed Warbler? (2008)
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Bulyuk, V. N., Mukhin, A., Kishkinev, D., & Kosarev, V. (2009). To what extent do environmental factors affect the long-distance nocturnal post-fledging movements of the Reed Warbler?. Journal of Ornithology, 150(2), 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-008-0352-4

We studied the effects of weather and the lunar cycle on long-distance nocturnal pre-migratory flights of Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). Noturnal tape luring was used to capture the birds, and the study was carried out in a habitat atypical... Read More about To what extent do environmental factors affect the long-distance nocturnal post-fledging movements of the Reed Warbler?.

Acoustic information as a distant cue for habitat recognition by nocturnally migrating passerines during landfall (2008)
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Mukhin, A., Chernetsov, N., & Kishkinev, D. (2008). Acoustic information as a distant cue for habitat recognition by nocturnally migrating passerines during landfall. Behavioral Ecology, 19(4), 716-723. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn025

During migration, birds must fly over suboptimal habitats differing from those selected during breeding and wintering. Nocturnally migrating passerines need to assess the suitability of potential stopover habitats during landfall. Before actual landf... Read More about Acoustic information as a distant cue for habitat recognition by nocturnally migrating passerines during landfall.