Professor Richard Holland
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Contact info
Room: 531 Brambell
Email: r.holland@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1248 382344
Web: Bangor Animal Navigation Group Google Scholar Researchgate
My research and teaching interests fall broadly in the area of animal behaviour and sensory biology. I am the course co-ordinator for the Zoology with Animal Behaviour degree (C3D3) and teach on several animal behaviour focused modules, as well as ornithology. My research questions focus the cognitive processes and sensory mechanisms by which animals navigate and migrate. While my principle focus is at the level of the whole organism I also incorporate aspects of neurobiology, molecular biology, and physics to identify the environmental cues, sensory pathways and mechanisms used by animals to decide how, when and where to move. My work also operates in a comparative framework as I compare and contrast across species, taxa, age class, spatial scale and sensory mechanisms to reveal how natural selection has acted to shape navigation behaviour in different animal groups. New avenues my lab is exploring include the impact of artificial light and electromagnetic noise on navigation and spatial cognition, and the impact of antimicrobial resistant bacteria on bird behaviour.
Biography:
2021-2024, Director of Research, School of Natural Sciences
2020-current, Professor in Animal Behaviour
2017-2020, Senior Lecturer, Bangor University
2016-2017, Lecturer, Bangor University
2011-2016, Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast
2009-2010, Research scientist, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
2006-2008, Marie Curie Outgoing International fellow, Princeton University and University of Leeds
2002-2005, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Leeds
1999-2002, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Nebraska
1994-1998, DPhil, Oxford University
1990-1993, BSc (Hons), University of Nottingham
Research Area
- Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
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A comparison of machine-learning assisted optical and thermal camera systems for beehive activity counting
Morton Williams, S., Bariselli, S., Palego, C., Holland, R. & Cross, P., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Smart Agricultural Technology. 2, 100038.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A conceptual framework on the role of magnetic cues in songbird migration ecology
Karwinkel, T., Peter, A., Holland, R., Thorup, K., Bairlein, F. & Schmaljohann, H., Awst 2024, Yn: Biological Reviews. 99, 4, t. 1576-1593 18 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A functional role of the sky’s polarization pattern for orientation in the greater mouse-eared bat
Greif, S., Borissov, I., Yovel, Y. & Holland, R., 2014, Yn: Nature Communications. 5, 4488.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A magnet attached to the forehead disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory songbird
Packmor, F., Kishkinev, D., Bittermann, F., Kofler, B., Machowetz, C., Zechmeister, T., Zawadzki, L., Guilford, T. & Holland, R., Tach 2021, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 224, 22, 10 t., 243337.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A magnetic pulse does not affect homing pigeon navigation: a GPS tracking experiment
Holland, R., Filannino, C. & Gagliardo, A., 29 Mai 2013, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 12, t. 2192-2200 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A nocturnal mammal, the greater mouse-eared bat, calibrates a magnetic compass by the sun
Holland, R., Borissov, I. & Siemers, B. M., 13 Ebr 2010, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 107, 15, t. 6941-6945 5 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A refined magnetic pulse treatment method for magnetic navigation experiments with adequate sham control: a case study on free-flying songbirds
Karwinkel, T., Winklhofer, M., Allenstein, D., Burst, V., Christoph, P., Holland, R., Huppop, O., Steen, J., Bairlein, F. & Schamaljohann, H., 15 Mai 2024, Yn: Journal of the Royal Society: Interface. 21, 214Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A strong magnetic pulse affects the precision of departure direction of naturally migrating adult but not juvenile birds
Holland, R. A. & Helm, B., 6 Ebr 2013, Yn: Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 10, 81, 20121047.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Anosmic migrating songbirds demonstrate a compensatory response following long-distance translocation: a radio-tracking study
Kishkinev, D., Anashina, A., Ishchenko, I. & Holland, R. A., Ion 2020, Yn: Journal of Ornithology. 161, 1, t. 47-57Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Bats use magnetite to detect the earth's magnetic field
Holland, R., Kirschvink, J. L., Doak, T. G. & Wikelski, M., 27 Chwef 2008, Yn: PLoS ONE. 3, 2Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Corneal sensitivity is required for orientation in free-flying migratory bats
Lindecke, O., Holland, R., Petersons, G. & Voigt, C. C., 5 Mai 2021, Yn: Communications Biology. 4, 1, 522.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Differential effects of magnetic pulses on the orientation of naturally migrating birds
Holland, R., 6 Tach 2010, Yn: Journal of the Royal Society, Interface. 7, 52, t. 1617-1625 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Echolocation signal structure in the Megachiropteran bat Rousettus aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810
Holland, R., Waters, D. A. & Rayner, J. M. V., Rhag 2004, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 207, 25, t. 4361-4369 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Echolocation signals and pinnae movement in the fruitbat Rousettus aegyptiacus
Holland, R. & Waters, D. A., 2005, Yn: Acta Chiropterologica. 7, 1, t. 83-90 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Emergence time and foraging activity in Pallas' mastiff bat, Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in relation to sunset/sunrise and phase of the moon
Holland, R. A., Meyer, C. F. J., Kalko, E. K. V., Kays, R. & Wikelski, M., Rhag 2011, Yn: Acta Chiropterologica. 13, 2, t. 399-404 6 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental US in a migratory songbird
Thorup, K., Bisson, I. A., Bowlin, M. S., Holland, R., Wingfield, J. C., Ramenofsky, M. & Wikelski, M., 13 Tach 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 104, 46, t. 18115-18119 5 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Evidence for repeated independent evolution of migration in the largest family of bats
Bisson, I. A., Safi, K. & Holland, R., 21 Hyd 2009, Yn: PLoS ONE. 4, 10Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Experienced migratory bats integrate the sun's position at dusk for navigation at night
Lindecke, O., Elksne, A., Holland, R. A., Petersons, G. & Voigt, C. C., 22 Ebr 2019, Yn: Current Biology. 29, t. 1369-1373Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Fish learn collectively, but groups with differing personalities are slower to decide 1 and more likely to split
Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R., 2018, Yn: Biology Open. 2018, 7, bio033613.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Flexibility of Continental Navigation and Migration in European Mallards
van Toor, M. L., Hedenstrom, A., Waldenstrom, J., Fiedler, W., Holland, R. A., Thorup, K. & Wikelski, M., 30 Awst 2013, Yn: PLoS ONE. 8, 8, e72629.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Flexibility of habitat use innovel environments: Insights from a translocation experiment with Lesser Black-backed Gulls
van Toor, M., Arriero, E., Holland, R., J. Huttunen, M., Juvaste, R., Müller, I., Thorup, K., Wikelski, M. & Safi, K., 18 Ion 2017, Yn: Royal Society Open Science. 4, 160164.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Further evidence for visual landmark involvement in the pigeon's familiar area map
Burt, T., Holland, R. & Guilford, T., Meh 1997, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 53, t. 1203-1209 7 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Grouping promotes risk-taking in unfamiliar settings
Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R. A., 1 Maw 2018, Yn: Behavioural Processes. 148, t. 41-45Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Homing pigeons use olfactory cues for navigation in England
Guilford, T., Gagliardo, A., Chappell, J., Bonadonna, F., De Perera, T. B. & Holland, R., 1998, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 201, 6, t. 895-900 6 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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How and why do insects migrate?
Holland, R., Wikelski, M. & Wilcove, D. S., 11 Awst 2006, Yn: Science. 313, 5788, t. 794-796 3 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Is There Visual Lateralisation of the Sun Compass in Homing Pigeons?
Griffiths, C., Holland, R. & Gagliardo, A., 5 Mai 2020, Yn: Symmetry. 12, 5, 740.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Juvenile Songbirds Compensate for Displacement to Oceanic Islands during Autumn Migration
Thorup, K., Ortvad, T. E., Rabol, J., Holland, R., Tottrup, A. P. & Wikelski, M., 2011, Yn: PLoS ONE. 6, 3, e17903.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Large-Range Movements of Neotropical Orchid Bees Observed via Radio Telemetry
Wikelski, M., Moxley, J., Eaton-Mordas, A., Lopez-Uribe, M. M., Holland, R., Moskowitz, D., Roubik, D. W. & Kays, R., 2010, Yn: PLoS ONE. 5Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Migratory Eurasian reed warblers can use magnetic declination to solve the longitude problem
Chernetsov, N., Pakhomov, A., Kobylkov, D., Kishkinev, D., Holland, R. & Mouritsen, H., 11 Medi 2017, Yn: Current Biology. 27, 17, t. 2647-2651Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Migratory bats are sensitive to magnetic inclination changes during the compass calibration period
Schneider, W. T., Holland, R. A., Keišs, O. & Lindecke, O., Tach 2023, Yn: Biology letters. 19, 11, 20230181.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Migratory navigation in birds: new opportunities in an era of fast-developing tracking technology
Guilford, T., Akesson, S., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R. A., Mouritsen, H., Muheim, R., Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. & Bingman, V. P., Tach 2011, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 214, 22, t. 3705-3712 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird
Kishkinev, D., Packmor, F., Thomas, Z., Hans, W., Mouritsen, H., Chernetsov, N. & Holland, R., 12 Ebr 2021, Yn: Current Biology. 31, 7, t. 1563-1569Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Navigation: Bat orientation using Earth's magnetic field
Holland, R., Thorup, K., Vonhof, M. J., Cochran, W. W. & Wikelski, M., 7 Rhag 2006, Yn: Nature. 444, 7120, t. 702 1 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Orientation and flight behaviour identify the Soprano pipistrelle as a migratory bat species at the Baltic Sea coast
Lindecke, O., Elksne, A., Holland, R., Petersons, G. & Voigt, C. C., 1 Mai 2019, Yn: Journal of Zoology. 308, 1, t. 56-65Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Orientation and navigation in bats: known unknowns or unknown unknowns?
Holland, R., Maw 2007, Yn: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 5, t. 653-660 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Orientation of vagrant birds on the Faroe Islands in the Atlantic Ocean
Thorup, K., Ortvad, T., Holland, R., Rabøl, J., Kristensen, M. & Wikelski, M., 1 Hyd 2012, Yn: Journal of Ornithology. 153, 4, t. 1261-1265 5 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Personality effects on spatial learning: comparisons between visual conditions in a weakly-electric fish
Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R., 2017, Yn: Ethology.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Place versus response learning in fish: a comparison between species
McAroe, C. L., Craig, C. M. & Holland, R., Ion 2016, Yn: Animal Cognition. 19, 1, t. 153-161Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Plasticity varies with boldness in a weakly-electric fish
Kareklas, K., Arnott, G., Elwood, R. W. & Holland, R., 6 Meh 2016, Yn: Frontiers in Zoology. 13, 22Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Polarized skylight does not calibrate the compass system of a migratory bat
Lindecke, O., Voigt, C. C., Petersons, G. & Holland, R., 16 Medi 2015, Yn: Biology Letters. 11, 9, t. 1-4Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Relationships between personality and lateralisation of sensory inputs
Kareklas, K., Elwood, R. W., Arnott, G. & Holland, R., Gorff 2018, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 141, t. 127-135Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Repeated training of homing pigeons reveals age dependent idiosyncrasy and visual landmark use.
Griffiths, C., Schiffner, I., Price, E., Charnell-Hughes, M., Kishkinev, D. & Holland, R., Gorff 2021, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 177, t. 159-170Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Reply to "Animal magnetic sensitivity and magnetic displacement experiments
Schneider, W., Wynn, J., Packmor, F., Lindecke, O. & Holland, R., 27 Mai 2024, Yn: Communications Biology. 7, 1, t. 651 1 t., 651.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Satellite tracking of red-listed nominate lesser black-backed gulls (Larus f. fuscus): habitat specialisation in foraging movements raises novel conservation needs
Juvaste, R., Arriero, E., Gagliardo, A., Holland, R., Huttunen, M. J., Mueller, I., Thorup, K., Wikelski, M., Penttinen, M-L., Hannila, J. & Wistbacka, R., Ebr 2017, Yn: Global Ecology and Conservation. 10, t. 220-230Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sense of doubt: Inaccurate and alternate locations of virtual magnetic displacements may give a distorted view of animal magnetoreception ability
Schneider, W., Holland, R., Packmor, F. & Lindecke, O., 20 Chwef 2023, Yn: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 8 t., 187.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sensory systems and spatial memory in the fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus
Holland, R., Winter, P. & Waters, D. A., Awst 2005, Yn: Ethology. 111, 8, t. 715-725 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Shoaling promotes place over response learning but does not facilitate individual learning of that strategy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
McAroe, C. L., Craig, C. M. & Holland, R., 2017, Yn: BMC Zoology. 2, 10Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Short distance phase shifts revisited: tracking clock-shifted homing pigeons (Rock Dove Columba livia) close to the loft
Holland, R., Bonadonna, F., Dall'antonia, L., Benvenuti, S., De Perera, T. B. & Guilford, T., Ion 2000, Yn: Ibis. 142, 1, t. 111-118 8 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Studying the migratory behavior of individual bats: Current techniques and future directions
Holland, R. & Wikelski, M., 15 Rhag 2009, Yn: Journal of Mammalogy. 90, 6, t. 1324-1329 6 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Testing the role of sensory systems in the migratory heading of a songbird
Holland, R., Thorup, K., Gagliardo, A., Bisson, I. A., Knecht, E., Mizrahi, D. & Wikelski, M., 15 Rhag 2009, Yn: Journal of Experimental Biology. 212, 24, t. 4065-4071 7 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid