Publication List

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Peer-reviewed Papers

Phillips JB, Muheim R, Jorge PE (2010): A behavioral perspective on the biophysics of the light-dependent magnetic compass: a link between directional and spatial perception? J. Exp. Biol. 213, 3247-3255. PDF, DOI 10.1242/jeb.020792

Grönroos J, Muheim R and Åkesson S (2010): Orientation and autumn migration routes of juvenile sharp-tailed sandpipers at a staging site in Alaska. J. Exp. Biol. 213, 1829-1835. PDF, DOI 10.1242/jeb.040121

Phillips JB, Jorge PE and Muheim R (2010): Light-dependent magnetic compass orientation in amphibians and insects — candidate receptors and candidate molecular mechanisms. J. R. Soc. Interface 7, S241-256. PDF, DOI 10.1098/rsif.2009.0459.focus

Muheim R, Phillips JB and Deutschlander ME (2009): White-throated sparrows calibrate their magnetic compass by polarized light cues during both autumn and spring migration. J. Exp. Biol. 212: 3466-3472. PDF, DOI 10.1242/jeb.032771

Willis J, Phillips JB, Muheim R, Diego-Rasilla F and Hobday A (2009): Spike dives of juvenile southern bluefin tuna (Thunnus maccoyii): a navigational role? Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 64: 57-68. PDF, DOI 10.1007/s00265-009-0818-2

Deutschlander ME and Muheim R (2009): Fuel reserves affect migratory orientation of thrushes and sparrows both before and after crossing an ecological barrier near their breeding grounds. J. Avian Biol. 40, 85-89. PDF, DOI 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04343.x

Muheim R, Åkesson S and Phillips JB (2008): Response to R. Wiltschko et al. (J. Ornithol.): Contradictory results on the role of polarized light in compass calibration in migratory songbirds. J. Ornithol. 149, 659-662. PDF, DOI 10.1007/s10336-008-0337-3

Muheim R, Åkesson S and Phillips JB (2007): Magnetic compass of migratory Savannah sparrows is calibrated by skylight polarization at sunrise and sunset. J. Ornithol.: 148, Suppl. 2: 485-494. PDF, DOI 10.1007/s10336-007-0187-4

Freake MJ, Muheim R and Phillips JB (2006): Magnetic maps in animals — a theory comes of age? Q. Rev. Biol. 81: 327-347. PDF

Muheim R, Edgar NM, Sloan KS and Phillips JB (2006): Magnetic compass orientation in C57BL/6 mice. Learn. Behav. 34(4): 366-373. PDF

Muheim R, Phillips JB and Åkesson S (2006): Polarized light cues underlie compass cue integration in migratory songbirds. Science 313 (5788): 837-839. PDF, PDF Supplement, DOI 10.1126/science.1129709

Muheim R, Moore FR and Phillips JB (2006): Calibration of magnetic and celestial compass cues in migratory birds - a review of cue conflict experiments. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 2-17. PDF, DOI 10.1242/jeb.01960

Åkesson S, Morin J, Muheim R and Ottosson U (2005): Dramatic orientation shift of white-crowned sparrows displaced across longitudes in the high Arctic. Curr. Biol. 15: 1591-1597. PDF, DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2005.07.027

Muheim R, Alerstam T and Åkesson S (2003): Compass orientation and possible migration routes of passerine birds at high northern latitudes. Oikos 103: 341-349. PDF, DOI 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12122.x

Muheim R, Bäckman J and Åkesson S (2002): Magnetic compass orientation in European robins is dependent on both wavelength and intensity of light. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 3845-3856. PDF

Muheim R and Åkesson S (2002): Clock-shift experiments with Savannah sparrows, Passerculus sandwichensis, at high northern latitudes. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 51: 391-401. PDF, DOI 10.1007/s00265-002-0458-2

Åkesson S, Morin J, Muheim R and Ottosson U (2002): Avian orientation: effects of cue-conflict experiments with young migratory songbirds in the high Arctic. Anim. Behav. 64: 469-475. PDF, DOI 10.1006/anbe.2002.3077

Åkesson S, Morin J, Muheim R and Ottosson U (2001): Avian orientation at steep angles of inclination: experiments with migratory white-crowned sparrows at the magnetic North Pole. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268: 1907-1913. PDF, DOI 10.1098/rspb.2001.1736

Muheim R, Jenni L and Weindler P (1999): The orientation behaviour of chaffinches, Fringilla coelebs, caught during active migratory flight in relation to the sun. Ethology 105: 97-110. PDF, DOI 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.00357.x

Muheim R and Jenni L (1999): Nocturnal orientation of robins, Erithacus rubecula: birds caught during active flight are disoriented. Acta Ethol. 2: 42-50. PDF, DOI 10.1007/PL00012231

Book Chapter

Deutschlander ME and Muheim R (2010): Magnetic Orientation in Migratory Songbirds. In: Breed M.D. and Moore J., (eds.) Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Volume 2, pp. 314-323. Oxford: Academic Press. PDF

Muheim R (2007): The Light-dependent Magnetic Compass. In Photobiology - The Science of Light and Life. (Björn LO, ed.). Springer.

Phillips JB, Schmidt-Koenig K and Muheim R (2006): True Navigation: Sensory basis of gradient maps. In Animal Spatial Cognition: Comparative, Neuronal and Computational Approaches (Brown, M. F. and Cook, R. G., eds.). Comparative Cognition Press. Link

Theses, Internal Papers

Muheim R (2004): Magnetic orientation in migratory birds. Doctoral Thesis, Lund University, Sweden. ISBN 91-7105-197-X. Download Introduction

Muheim R (2001): Animal magnetoreception – models, physiology and behaviour. Introductory paper No. 128, Animal Ecology, Lund University. ISSN 1100-1844. PDF

Muheim R (1999): Effect of magnetic pulses on the orientation behaviour of nocturnal passerine migrants. Honours Thesis, Lund University, Sweden.

Muheim R (1996): Orientation of night- and day-migrating passerines at the Alpine pass Col de Bretolet. Diploma Thesis, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

Popular Science

Muheim R (2009): Orientation. In: Wings over Falsterbo (L. Karlsson, Ed). pp. 20-22. Anser Suppl. 58 (Swedish and English version). ISSN 0347-9609, ISBN 91-86572-45-8.

Muheim R (2004): Orientation. In: Wings over Falsterbo (L. Karlsson, Ed). pp. 22-24. Anser Suppl. 49+50 (Swedish and English version). PDF of English edition, PDF of Swedish edition

Muheim R (1998): Mit Satelliten den Zugvögeln auf der Spur: Kontakte ins All. Ornis 2/98: 11-15.

Last updated: 7/9/2010