Magnetic orientation hypotheses assessed for migratory bats under laboratory conditions and in free flight (Nav06*)

为了全面了解磁感受和脊椎动物导航，有必要了解不同类群的磁感受机制和原理是否相似。在这个项目中，我们将专注于迁徙蝙蝠。通过利用数字遥测站网络，在野外实验室或自由飞行条件下测量带有无线电标签的蝙蝠在磁场处理后的方向决定，我们现在能够在哺乳动物模型中测试两种流行的假设，即基于基对和基于磁粒子的磁接受机制。

To achieve a comprehensive understanding of magnetoreception and vertebrate navigation, it is essential to understand whether the mechanisms and principles of magnetoreception are similar across taxa. In this project, we will focus on migratory bats. By measuring orientation decisions following magnetic treatments in either a field laboratory or under free-flight conditions in radio-tagged bats by utilising a network of digital telemetry stations, we are now able to test the two prevailing hypotheses, the radical-pair-based and the magnetic-particle-based magnetoreception mechanism, in a mammalian model.