Rabea Bartölke

Introduction Click to copy section linkSection link copied! Every year, millions of birds migrate and navigate precisely across the globe, covering long distances between their breeding and wintering grounds. (1) In the middle of the 19th century, it was suggested that migratory birds might use the geomagnetic field for navigation, (2) but it took until 1966 before Merkel (3) could demonstrate it scientifically.