Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: increasing intensity of monochromatic light changes the nature of the response

Wiltschko, Roswitha; Stapput, Katrin; Bischof, Hans-Joachim; Wiltschko, Wolfgang

doi:10.1186/1742-9994-4-5

Frontiers in Zoology

Table 2 Vectors of individual birds based on 3 recordings each

From: Light-dependent magnetoreception in birds: increasing intensity of monochromatic light changes the nature of the response

	8·10¹⁵ qu s^-1m^-2		36·10¹⁵ qu s^-1m^-2		54·10¹⁵ qu s^-1m^-2		72·10¹⁵ qu s^-1m^-2
Bird	α_b	r_b	α_b	r_b	α_b	r_b	α_b	r_b
424 nm	Blue
03-1	25°	0.98	343°	0.63^A	9°	0.84^A	33°	0.98
03-2	342°	0.85	182°	0.74^A	158°	0.83^A	154°	0.78^A
03-3	37°	0.97	156°	0.66	195°	0.94^A	179°	0.59
03-4	356°	0.92	207°	0.43	173°	1.00	165°	0.65^A
03-5	9°	0.94	181°	0.81	37°	0.64	6°	0.98^A
03-6	197°	0.62^A	210°	0.38	94°	0.70	15°	0.99
03-7	24°	0.91	162°	0.95^A	1°	0.75^A	36°	0.35^A
03-8	26°	0.96	15°	0.29	113°	0.62	6°	0.86^A
03-9	316°	0.80	170°	0.48^A	236°	0.66^A	163°	0.75^A
03-10	355°	0.92	239°	0.47	1°	0.68^A	260°	0.36
03-11	25°	0.70^A	156°	0.74	217°	0.53^A	32°	0.86^A
03-12	15°	0.91	19°	0.58	55°	0.89	156°	0.68^A
502 nm	Turquoise
02-1	345°	0.91	279°	0.97	53°	0.71	6°	0.80^A
02-2	17°	0.59	81°	0.98^A	325°	0.35^A	33°	0.82
02-3	7°	0.95	270°	0.99	1°	0.99	348°	0.75
02-4	18°	0.96	105°	0.98^A	15°	0.92	46°	0.66^A
02-5	20°	0.76^A	45°	0.51^A	32°	0.98	14°	0.87^A
02-6	329°	1.00	91°	0.98^A	25°	0.91	50°	0.90
02-7	350°	0.86	291°	0.93	345°	0.99	9°	0.83^A
02-8	19°	0.97	281°	0.99	19°	0.96	354°	0.80
02-9	17°	0.67	343°	0.71	4°	0.94	22°	0.96
02-10	24°	0.95	102°	0.67^A	14°	0.90	25°	0.98
02-11	3°	0.93	73°	0.94^A	348°	0.81	332°	0.90
02-12	351°	0.96	325°	0.29	313°	0.61	359°	0.94
565 nm	Green
04-1	339°	0.81	234°	0.78^A	99°	0.20	223°	0.54
04-2	2°	0.92	240°	0.57^A	290°	0.71	12°	0.96^A
04-3	14°	0.82^A	13°	0.34^A	83°	0.99	353°	0.98^A
04-4	7°	0.82^A	247°	0.68	116°	0.68^A	178°	0.92^A
04-5	20°	1.00	62°	0.64	143°	0.67	30°	0.94^A
04-6	14°	0.86	223°	0.80	93°	0.99^A	15°	1.00^A
04-7	73°	0.58	210°	0.69^A	86°	0.95	188°	0.81^A
04-8	15°	0.98	98°	0.93	111°	0.97^A	25°	0.84^A
04-9	360°	0.97	296°	0.66	264°	0.65	52°	0.66
04-10	17°	0.94	235°	0.74	158°	0.52	117°	0.37^A
04-11	318°	0.56	352°	0.86	262°	0.38^A	34°	0.84^A
04-12	14°	0.99	133°	0.77	92°	0.83	192°	0.95^A

^A indicates axial vectors, with the preferred end of the axis indicated under α_b

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ISSN: 1742-9994

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