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Compass Search

Compass Search is a systematic navigation method in night search operations that uses fixed azimuth bearings relative to magnetic north to guide search patterns, distinguishing it from other search techniques by its reliance on compass-directed linear traverses.

27

Publications

1.5K

Citations

84

Authors

42

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

5

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Publications

27

Sun Navigation Requires Compass Neurons in Drosophila

Ysabel Milton Giraldo, Katherine J. Leitch, Ivo G. Ros et al. · Current Biology · 2018 · 179 citations · Full text

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A Magnetic Polarity Compass for Direction Finding in a Subterranean Mammal

S. Marhold, Wolfgang Wiltschko, Hynek Burda · Die Naturwissenschaften · 1997 · 155 citations

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Use of Social Information in Seabirds: Compass Rafts Indicate the Heading of Food Patches

Henri Weimerskirch, Sophie Bertrand, Jaime Silva et al. · PLoS ONE · 2010 · 138 citations · Full text

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Improved extraction of valence transversity distributions from inclusive dihadron production

Marco Radici, Aurore Courtoy, Alessandro Bacchetta et al. · Journal of High Energy Physics · 2015 · 123 citations · Full text

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The architecture of the desert ant's navigational toolkit (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Rüdiger Wehner · Österreichische Gesellschaft für Entomofaunistik (OEGEF) · 2024 · 106 citations · Full text

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Authors

84

  1. WW
    Wolfgang Wiltschko

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    3 publications · 182 citations

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  2. RW
    Rüdiger Wehner

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    3 publications · 214 citations

    3

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  3. AB
    Alessandro Bacchetta

    University of Pavia, Italy

    2 publications · 134 citations

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  4. AC
    Aurore Courtoy

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

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  5. MG
    Marco Guagnelli

    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I, Italy

    2 publications · 134 citations

    2

    h-index

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Institutions

42

  1. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    378 citations

  2. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    68 citations

  3. Kunming University of Science and Technology

    Kunming, China

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    308 citations

  4. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    270 citations

  5. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  6. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  7. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

    Mumbai, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

  8. Great Lakes Science Center

    Cleveland, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    207 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Experimental Biology

    2 publications · 28 citations

    2

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  2. Current Biology

    2 publications · 191 citations

    2

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 2 publications · 89 citations

    2

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 2 publications · 104 citations

    2

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    1 publications · 13 citations

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