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Henrik Mouritsen^1,2

¹Institut für Biologie und Umweltwissenschaften, Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany. henrik.mouritsen@uol.de.

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Zoology
Animal Behavior
Neuroscience

Background:

Humans have long been fascinated by the navigational abilities of migratory animals.
Understanding how animals orient themselves over vast distances is a key scientific challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

To review the mechanisms of animal orientation and navigation, focusing on long-distance migrants.
To propose a phased model for long-distance navigation and emphasize the need for integrated sensory cue processing.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on animal orientation and navigation.
Focus on magnetoreception and multisensory integration in the brain.

Main Results:

Long-distance navigation is proposed to involve three distinct phases.
No single cue or mechanism is sufficient for precise long-distance navigation; integration is key.

Conclusions:

Multiscale and multisensory cue integration in the brain is essential for accurate animal navigation.
Twenty key mechanistic questions in long-distance animal navigation are identified for future research over the next two decades.