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An orienting mechanism based exclusively on a sun compass runs into considerable difficulties in the Tropics (see Braemer, 1960; Lindauer 1960; Ercolini, 1964) on account of the annual change in the sun’s declination.
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Pardi, L., Faqi, A.S., Ugolini, A., Scapini, F., Ercolini, A. (1988). Zonal Recovering in Equatorial Sandhoppers: Interaction Between Magnetic and Solar Orientation. In: Chelazzi, G., Vannini, M. (eds) Behavioral Adaptation to Intertidal Life. NATO ASI Series, vol 151. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3737-7_7
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