Animal Navigation


Publications from the group members

Peer-reviewed research papers:


















































2012:



Engels, S., Hein, C.M., Lefeldt, N., Prior, H. & Mouritsen, H. (2012) Night-Migratory Songbirds Possess a Magnetic Compass in Both Eyes. PLoS ONE , 7, e43271. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043271.





2012:



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





2012:



Mouritsen, H. (2012) Sensory biology: search for the compass needles. Nature 484, 320-321 (News and Views). DOI:10.1038/484320a





2012:



Mouritsen, H. & Hore, P. J. (2012) The magnetic retina: light-dependent and trigeminal magnetoreception in migratory birds. Current Opinion in Neurobiology 22, 343-352. DOI:10.1016/j.conb.2012.01.005





2011:



Guilford, T., Åkesson, S., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R.A., Mouritsen, H., Muheim, R., Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. & Bingman, V.P. (2011) Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology. J. Exp. Biol. 214, 3705-3712. DOI:10.1242/jeb.051292





2011:





Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Kishkinev, D. & Mouritsen, H. "Robins have a magnetic compass in both eyes". Nature 471, E11. Link




2011:




Hein, C. M., Zapka, M. & Mouritsen, H. "Weather significantly influences the migratory behaviour of night-migratory songbirds tested indoors in orientation cages". Journal of Ornithology 152, 27-35. Link




2010:




Kishkinev, D., Chernetsov, N. & Mouritsen, H. "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, 773-780. Link




2010:




Zapka M., Heyers D., Liedvogel M., Jarvis ED., Mouritsen H. "Night-time neuronal activation of Cluster N in a day- and night-migrating songbird". European Journal of Neuroscience 32, 619-624. Link




2010:




Solov’yov, I. A. Mouritsen, H. & Schulten, K. "Acuity of a cryptochrome and vision based magnetoreception system in birds". Biophysical Journal 99, 40-49.Link




2010:





Heyers D., Zapka M., Hoffmeister M., Wild JM., Mouritsen H. "Magnetic field changes activate the trigeminal brainstem complex in a migratory bird". Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences USA (PNAS) 107:9394-9399. Link




2010:





Gerald Falkenberg, Gerta Fleissner, Kirsten Schuchardt, Markus Kuehbacher, Peter Thalau, Henrik Mouritsen, Dominik Heyers, Gerd Wellenreuther, Guenther Fleissner "Avian Magnetoreception: Elaborate Iron Mineral Containing Dendrites in the Upper Beak Seem to Be a Common Feature of Birds". PLoS ONE 5(2), e9231. Link




2010:



Ritz T., Ahmad M., Mouritsen H., Wiltschko R. & Wiltschko W. "Photoreceptor-based magnetoreception: Optimal design of receptor molecules, cells, and neuronal processing". J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S135-146. Link




2010:



Liedvogel M. & Mouritsen, H. "Cryptochromes – a potential magnetoreceptor: what do we know and what do we want to know?", J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S147-62. Link




2010:



Hein, C. M., Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Kutzschbauch, S., Schneider, N.-L. & Mouritsen, H. "Night-migratory garden warblers can orient with their magnetic compass using the left, the right, or both eyes", J. Royal. Soc. Interface 7, S227-33. Link




2009:




Kornmeier J, Hein CM, Bach M. "Multistable Perception: When bottom-up and top-down coincide", Brain and Cognition, 69: 138 - 147. Link





2009:



Zapka, M., Heyers, D., Hein, C. M., Engels, S., Schneider, N.-L., Hans, J., Weiler, S., Dreyer, D., Kishkinev, D., Wild, J. M. & Mouritsen, H. "Visual but not trigeminal mediation of magnetic compass information in a migratory bird", Nature 461, 1274-1277. Link





2009:



Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Hegemann, A. & Liedvogel, M. "Thermal paper can replace typewriter correction paper in Emlen funnels", J. Ornithol. 150, 713-715. Link





2008:



Chapman, J.W., Reynolds, D.R., Mouritsen, H., Hill, J.H., Riley, J.R., Sivell, D., Smith, A.D. & Woiwod, I.P. "Wind Selection and Drift Compensation Optimise Migratory Pathways in a High-flying Moth", Current Biology, 18: 514-518. Link





2008:



Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Rivas, M., Zapka, M., Horita, H., Hara, E., Wada, K., Mouritsen, H. & Jarvis, E.D. "Molecular Mapping of Movement-Associated Areas in the Avian Brain: A Motor Theory for Vocal Learning Origin." PLoS ONE, 3(3): e1768. Link




2008:



Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O., Mouritsen H. "Calcium-binding proteins label functional streams of the visual system in a songbird", Brain Research Bulletin 75, 348-55. Link




2008:



Chernetsov N., Kishkinev D., & Mouritsen, H."A long-distance avian migrant compensates for longitudinal displacement during spring migration.", Current Biology 18, 1888-190. (PUBMED)




2007:



Liedvogel M., Maeda K., Henbest K., Schleicher E., Simon T., Timmel C.R., Hore P.J. & Mouritsen, H."Chemical Magnetoreception: Bird Cryptochrome 1a Is Excited by Blue Light and Forms Long-Lived Radical-Pairs.", PLoS ONE 2(10): e1106 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001106. (Full Article)




2007:



Heyers D., Manns M., Luksch H., Güntürkün O., Mouritsen H. "A visual pathway links brain structures active during magnetic compass orientation in migratory birds", PLoS ONE 2(9): e937. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000937. (Full Article)
This paper was reported in over 200 major news media (internet, radio, newspapers, search engines) around the world including Nature News, National Geographic, BBC, Reuters, Yahoo, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Spiegel etc.




2007:



Liedvogel, M., Feenders, G., Wada, K., Troje, N.F., Jarvis, E. D. & Mouritsen, H. "Lateralised activation of Cluster N in the brains of migratory songbirds". European Journal of Neuroscience 25, 1166-1173. (PUBMED)




2006:



Frost, B.J. & Mouritsen, H. "The neural mechanisms of long distance animal navigation". Current Opinion in Neurobiology 16, 481-488. (PUBMED)




2006:



Stalleicken, J., Labhart, T., & Mouritsen, H. "Physiological characterization of the compound eye in monarch butterflies with focus on the dorsal rim area". Journal of Comparative Physiology A 192, 321-331. (PUBMED)




2005:



Piersma, T., Pérez-Tris, J., Mouritsen, H., Bauchinger, U. & Bairlein, F. "Is there a ‘migratory syndrome’ common to all migrant birds?", Annals of the New York Academy of the Sciences 1046, 282-394.(PUBMED)




2005:



Mouritsen, H. & Ritz, T. "Magnetoreception and it use in bird navigation", Current Opinion in Neurobiology 15, 406-414. (review) ­(PUBMED)




2005:



Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M., Wada, K. & Jarvis, E. D. "A Night Vision Brain Area in Migratory Songbirds", PNAS 102, 8339-8344. Link




2005:



Stalleicken, J., Mukhida, M., Labhart, T., Wehner, R., Frost, B. J. & Mouritsen, H. "Do Monarch butterflies use polarized skylight for oriention?", Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 2399-2408.Link




2005:



Sauman, I., Briscoe, A.D., Zhu, H. Shi, D., Froy, O., Stalleicken, J., Yuan, Q., Casselman, A. & Reppert, S.M. "Connecting the Navigational Clock to Sun Compass Input in Monarch Butterfly Brain", Neuron 46, 1-11. Link




2004:



Mouritsen, H., Feenders, G., Liedvogel, M. & Kropp, W. "Migratory birds use head scans to detect the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field ". Current Biology 14, 1946-1949.Link




2004:



Mouritsen, H., Janssen-Bienhold, U., Liedvogel, M., Feenders, G., Stalleicken, J., Dirks, P. & Weiler, R. "Cryptochromes and activity markers co-localize in bird retina during magnetic Orientation". PNAS 101, 14294-14299. (Link to article)
[See also Science 306, 432-434 and Nature Review Neuroscience 5, 827].
This paper also reached the general public through the popular press (reported on in over 200 major news media around the world).




2004:



Cochran, B., Mouritsen, H. & Wikelski, M. "Migrating Songbirds Recalibrate their Magnetic Compass Daily from Twilight Cues." Science 304, 405-408. PUBMED
News item: Science 304: 373 as pdf-file This paper was written up in over 200 major news media (TV, radio and newspapers) around the world including CNN, BBC, NBC, CBC, National Geographic, Die Welt, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Daily Telegraph and Washington Post.




2004:



Heyers D., Luksch H., Redies C. Selective synaptic cadherin expression by traced neurons of the chicken visual system." Neuroscience 127, 901-916. Link





2003:



Mouritsen, H., Huyvaert, K.P., Frost, B.J. & Andersson, D.J. Wawed Albatrosses can navigate with strong magnets attached to their head." Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 4155-4166. Link





2003:



Andersson, D.J., Huyvaert, K.P., Wood, D.R., Gillikin, C.L., Frost, B.J. & Mouritsen, H. "At-sea movements of Waved Albatrosses and the Galapagos Marine Reserve." Biological Conservation 110, 367-373.Link




2003:



Mouritsen, H. "Spatiotemporal orientation strategies of long-distance migrants". In: Avian Migration (Eds: Berthold, Gwinner & Sonnenschein), Springer Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 493-513. (review) Link





2002:



Mouritsen, H. & Frost, B.J. "Virtual migration in tethered flying monarch butterflies reveals orientation mechanisms." PNAS 99, 10162-10166.Link
This paper was written up in Science´s news section, in New Scientist, and in many major news media around the world including CNN, CBC, Reuther´s, Ritzau, The Independent, Bild der Wissenschaft and Washington Post.
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