Detailed Information on Publication Record
2010
American cockroaches prefer four cardinal geomagnetic positions at rest.
VÁCHA, Martin, Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ and Tereza VÁLKOVÁBasic information
Original name
American cockroaches prefer four cardinal geomagnetic positions at rest.
Name in Czech
American cockroaches prefer four cardinal geomagnetic positions at rest.
Authors
VÁCHA, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor), Markéta KVÍČALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Tereza VÁLKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
Behaviour, 2010, 0005-7959
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
30105 Physiology
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 1.480
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/10:00042861
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000277127600001
Keywords (in Czech)
Alignment cockroach insects magnetoreception positions quadrimodal resting
Keywords in English
Alignment cockroach insects magnetoreception positions quadrimodal resting
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 8/12/2010 14:02, doc. RNDr. Martin Vácha, Ph.D.
V originále
A specific behavior based on the ability to perceive the magnetic field has been described in several species: when resting or grazing animals take up a position placing their main body axis parallel with the North-South or East-West geomagnetic axes, which is referred to as magnetic alignment. The adaptive significance of this behavior remains an enigma. No experiments have been made to date to demonstrate conclusively whether that orientation will adequately change in response to an experimental rotation of geomagnetic axes which is a key step to prove the use of exclusively magnetic cues for orientation. In our study, we identified a preference regarding the four cardinal magnetic axes, i.e. a quadrimodal alignment both in natural and in 60deg rotated fields. The study gives the original evidence that quadrimodal alignment is a type of animal behavior specifically related to the cardinal magnetic axes of the Earth.
In Czech
A specific behavior based on the ability to perceive the magnetic field has been described in several species: when resting or grazing animals take up a position placing their main body axis parallel with the North-South or East-West geomagnetic axes, which is referred to as magnetic alignment. The adaptive significance of this behavior remains an enigma. No experiments have been made to date to demonstrate conclusively whether that orientation will adequately change in response to an experimental rotation of geomagnetic axes which is a key step to prove the use of exclusively magnetic cues for orientation. In our study, we identified a preference regarding the four cardinal magnetic axes, i.e. a quadrimodal alignment both in natural and in 60deg rotated fields. The study gives the original evidence that quadrimodal alignment is a type of animal behavior specifically related to the cardinal magnetic axes of the Earth.
Links
| GC206/07/J041, research and development project |
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| MSM0021622416, plan (intention) |
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