Linking magnetic and other orientation cues to global migration patterns
(Nav04)
Subject Area
Sensory and Behavioural Biology
Ecology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
Term
since 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 395940726
To achieve a comprehensive understanding of magnetoreception and vertebrate navigation, it is important to consider the consequences of proposed navigational capacities and behaviour and related sensory mechanisms at spatial and temporal scales beyond those observable in the lab or in field experiments. To this end, we developed a modelling framework to assess orientation strategies based on geophysical compass cues, focusing on performance among compass courses on a global scale. The logical extension through enhanced SFB-collaborations is to model true navigation, collective migration of fish and bats versus solitary migratory birds and how migration routes evolve based on input from magnetic sensors.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
