Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The skylight polarization patterns at dusk affect the orientation behavior of blackcaps,Sylvia atricapilla

  • Kurze Originalmitteilungen
  • Published:
The Science of Nature Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Literatur

  1. Able, K. P., Bingman, V. P.: Quart. Rev. Biol.62, 1 (1987); Wiltschko, W., Wiltschko, R.: Trends Ecol. Evol.3, 13 (1988)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Able, K.P.: Nature299, 550 (1982)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Moore, F. R.: Condor88, 493 (1986)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Brines, M., Gould, J.: J. Exp. Biol.96, 69 (1982)

    Google Scholar 

  5. Beck, W., Wiltschko, W.: Vogelwarte31, 168 (1981)

    Google Scholar 

  6. Batschelet, E.: Circular Statistics in Biology. New York: Academic Press 1981

    Google Scholar 

  7. Zink, G.: Der Zug europäischer Singvögel — ein Atlas der Wiederfunde beringter Vögel. 1. Liefg. Möggingen: Vogelzug-Verlag 1973

    Google Scholar 

  8. Able, K. P.: J. Exp. Biol.141, 241 (1989)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Moore, F. R., Phillips, J. B.: Anim. Behav.36, 1770 (1988)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Rossel, S., Wehner, R.: Nature323, 128 (1986)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Burkhardt, D.: Naturwissenschaften69, 153 (1982)

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Sandberg, R.: Condor90, 267 (1988)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Bingman, V., Wiltschko, W.: Ethology77, 1 (1988)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Wiltschko, W., Wiltschko, R.: Z. Tierpsychol.37, 337 (1975);39, 265 (1975)

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fachbereich Biologie der Universität Zoologie, D-6000, Frankfurt a.M.

    A. J. Helbig & W. Wiltschko

Authors
  1. A. J. Helbig
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. W. Wiltschko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

This study was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the program SFB 45 and a scholarship by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung to A. Helbig. We wish to thank P. Berthold for his help in obtaining the test birds, and D. Burckhard and R. Schwind for their help in determining the optical properties of the filters used.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Helbig, A.J., Wiltschko, W. The skylight polarization patterns at dusk affect the orientation behavior of blackcaps,Sylvia atricapilla . Naturwissenschaften 76, 227–229 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627697

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627697

Keywords

Search

Navigation