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Magnetic fields affect pigeon navigation only while the birds can smell atmospheric odors

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Verhaltensphysiologie, D-8131, Seewiesen

    H. G. Wallraff

  2. Istituto di Biologia Generale dell'Università di Pisa and Istituto di Neurofisiologia del CNR, I-56100, Pisa

    F. Papi, P. Ioalé & S. Benvenuti

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Wallraff, H.G., Papi, F., Ioalé, P. et al. Magnetic fields affect pigeon navigation only while the birds can smell atmospheric odors. Naturwissenschaften 73, 215–217 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00417729

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