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The effects of microwave radiation on avian dominance behavior
Author(s) -
Wasserman F. E.,
Dowd C.,
Schlinger B. A.,
Byman D.,
Battista S. P.,
Kunz T. H.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.2250050306
Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , microwave , radiation , environmental science , biology , physics , optics , quantum mechanics , gene , biochemistry
Seventeen birds from 12 flocks were exposed to microwave radiation under various combinations of power density and duration; three birds from two additional flocks served as sham‐exposed controls. Experiments were conducted outdoors at Manomet, Massachusetts (41°56′N, 70°35′W) under normal winter ambient temperatures. Although irradiated birds maintained their positions within a flock hierarchy with one exception, some appeared to have a change in their level of aggression after exposure.