2018
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.5819v0.2/reviews/1
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Peer Review #1 of "Do subterranean mammals use the Earth’s magnetic field as a heading indicator to dig straight tunnels? (v0.2)"

Abstract: Subterranean rodents are able to dig long straight tunnels. Keeping the course of such 'runways' is important in the context of optimal foraging strategies and natal or mating dispersal. These tunnels are built in the course of a long time, and in social species, by several animals. Although the ability to keep the course of digging has already been described in the 1950s, its proximate mechanism could still not be satisfactorily explained. Here, we analyzed the directional orientation of 68 burrow systems in … Show more

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