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Earth's magnetic compass and its effect on birds?
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Earth's magnetic compass and its effect on birds?

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Changes in the dip of the earth's magnetic field correspond to changes in latitude. Displacing migrating birds to areas of smaller dip angles (= lower magnetic latitudes) results in predeterminable shifts in the birds migratory direction .
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