EMR and birds:

published papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals,

that show (possible) EMR effect

 

Review papers

A review of the ecological effects of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF)

Cucurachi et al. (2013)

Environment International 51:116–140

 

The effects of electromagnetic fields from power lines on avian reproductive biology and physiology: a review

Fernie and Reynolds (2005)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, part B, 8:127-140

 

Papers about possible effects of electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone base stations on birds in the wild

A possible effect of electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone base stations on the number of breeding House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

Joris Everaert and Dirk Bauwens (2007)

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 26:63-72

The urban decline of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus): a possible link with electromagnetic radiation

Alfonso Balmori and Örjan Hallberg (2007)

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 26:141-151

Possible Effects of Electromagnetic Fields from Phone Masts on a Population of White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

Alfonso Balmori  (2005)

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 24:109-119

 

 

 

 

Electromagnetic pollution from phone masts. Effects on wildlife

Alfonso Balmori  (2009)

Pathophysiology 16:191-199

 

Other papers about possible effects of electromagnetic radiation on birds

 

Effect of Microwave Radiation on Birds

Tanner  (1966) Nature 210:636 

 

Non-thermal Effects of Microwave Radiation on Birds

Tanner et al. (1967) Nature 216:1139

 

Responses of neurons to an amplitude modulated microwave stimulus

Beason and Semm (2002) Neuroscience Letters 333:175-178

 

The effects of microwave radiation on avian dominance behavior

Wasserman et al. (1984) Bioelectromagnetics 5:331-339

 

The effects of electromagnetic fields from power lines on avian reproductive biology and physiology: a review

Fernie and Reynolds (2005) Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, part B, 8:127-140

 

The effect of pulsed and sinusoidal magnetic fields on the morphology of developing chick embryos

Farrell et al. (1997) Bioelectromagnetics 18:431-438

 

Biological effects of mobile phone electromagnetic field on chick embryo (risk assessment using the mortality rate)

Grigor'ev IuG  (2003) Radiatsionnaia biologiia, radioecologiia 43:541-543

 

The properties of bird feathers as converse piezoelectric transducers and as receptors of microwave radiation. I. Bird feathers as converse piezoelectric transducers

Bigu-del-Blanco and Romero-Sierra (1975) Biotelemetry 2:341-353

 

The properties of bird feathers as converse piezoelectric transducers and as receptors of microwave radiation. II. Bird feathers as dielectric receptors of microwave radiation

Bigu-del-Blanco and Romero-Sierra (1975) Biotelemetry 2:354-634

 

Resonance effects indicate radical pair mechanism for avian magnetic compass

Ritz et al. (2004) Nature 429:177-180

 

Magnetic orientation and magnetoreception in birds and other animals

Wiltschko and Wiltschko  (2005) Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 191:675-693

 

Magnetoreception and its use in bird navigation

Mouritsen and Ritz  (2005) Current Opinion in Neurobiology 15:406-414

 

Magnetic compass orientation of migratory birds in the presence of a 1.315 MHz oscillating field

Thalau et al.  (2005) Naturwissenschaften 92:86-90

 

Calibration of magnetic and celestial compass cues in migratory birds--a review of cue-conflict experiments

Muheim et al. (2006) The Journal of experimental biology 209:2-17

 

The physics and neurobiology of magnetoreception

Johnsen and Lohmann (2005) Nature Reviews 6:703-712

 

Magnetite-based magnetoreception: the effect of repeated pulsing on the orientation of migratory birds

Wiltschko et al. (2007) Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology 193:515-522

 

Magnetoreception

Wiltschko and Wiltschko (2006) Bioessays 28:157-168

 

Microwave absorption by magnetite: a possible mechanism for coupling nonthermal levels of radiation to biological systems

Kirschvink (1996) Bioelectromagnetics 17:187-194

 

Influence of radar radiation on breeding biology of Tits (Parus sp.)

Rejt et al. (2007) Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine 26:235-238

 

Night-migratory songbirds possess a magnetic compass in both eyes

Engels et al. (2012) PLoS One 2012; 7 (9): e43271

 

Magnetoreception: activated cryptochrome 1a concurs with magnetic orientation in birds

Nießner et al. (2013) J R Soc Interface 2013; 10 (88): 20130638

 

Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird

Engels et al. (2014) Nature doi:10.1038/nature13290

 

EMR and birds: published scientific reports

Bees, birds and mankind, Destroying Nature by Electrosmog

U. Warnke

Mobile telephony radiation radiation on living organisms

Dimitris J. Panagopoulos and Lukas H. Margaritis

More studies about EMR in the "Links"

List of scientific publications, incl. recent (Powerwatch site)

Collection and analysis of  >900 scientific publications

Collection of  >300 scientific publications

Scientific publications on antenna effects

Epidemiological studies on base stations (antennas)

Cell phones and cancer (Dr. Carlo)

BioInitiative report

Review article on published studies