There have been several major outbreaks of emerging viral diseases, including Hendra,
Nipah, Marburg and Ebola virus diseases, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and …

Spatial orientation and navigation rely on the acquisition of several types of sensory
information. This information is then transformed into a neural code for space in the …

The notion that animals can detect the Earth's magnetic field was once ridiculed, but is now
well established. Yet the biological nature of such magnetosensing phenomenon remains …

Throughout evolution the foraging and echolocation behaviors as well as the motor systems
of bats have been adapted to the tasks they have to perform while searching and acquiring …

Birds can use two kinds of information from the geomagnetic field for navigation: the
direction of the field lines as a compass and probably magnetic intensity as a component of …

The avian magnetic compass has been well characterized in behavioral tests: it is an"
inclination compass" based on the inclination of the field lines rather than on the polarity …

This paper reviews the directional orientation of birds with the help of the geomagnetic field
under various light conditions. Two fundamentally different types of response can be …

Artificial lighting is a particular problem for animals active at night. Approximately 69% of
mammal species are nocturnal, and one-third of these are bats. Due to their extensive …

While the role of magnetic cues for compass orientation has been confirmed in numerous
animals, the mechanism of detection is still debated. Two hypotheses have been proposed …

Recent years have seen an increase in the number of publications on bat migration and an
overall growing interest among bat researchers that culminated in the 1st International …