Fig. 3. Magnetic bearings plotted relative to home direction after housing in outdoor tanks under long-wavelength light (data from Table 1). (A) Magnetic bearings of newts housed under long-wavelength light and tested under full-spectrum light failed to show a significant direction of orientation relative to home (13°, r=0.11, P>0.10; Rayleigh test). (B) The same was true of newts housed and tested under long-wavelength light (351°, r=0.19, P>0.10). Diamonds represent newts collected in ponds to the east-southeast (ESE) of the testing site, and circles represent newts collected from ponds to the south-southwest (SSW) of the testing site. NS, not significant.

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