Nikita Chernetsov

ResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/K-7957-2012
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RSCI: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?authorid=87438
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7299-6829
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=oMQqihsAAAAJ
Academic degree: Doctor of Biological Sciences
Position: Director, Head of Laboratory
E-mail: director@zin.ru, Nikita.Chernetsov@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 328-00-11
Educational background: St. Petersburg State University, School of Biology and Soil Science, 1994. Diploma.
Dissertations:
  • “Migratory strategies of Acrocephalus warblers within Europe” (PhD)
  • “Passerine migration: stopovers and flight” (PhD habilitation)
Research interests: ornithology, animal migration, orientation, navigation, magnetoreception.
Field studies: Courish Spit on the Baltic Sea, Sakhalin Island, Kazakhstan, Abkhazia, southern USA.
Professional membership:
Editorial activity:
Teaching and expertise:
  • Professor at the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, School of Biology, St. Petersburg State University. Lecture courses ‘Orientation and navigation of vertebrates’,
  • President of the Research Council of the Zoological Institute,
  • Chairperson of the Dissertation Committee of the Zoological Institute (zoology and hydrobiology).
  • Reviewed applications and reports for Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Russian Science Foundation, Rufford Foundation (UK), Leverhulme Trust (UK), Netherlands Research Council (ALW-NWO), National Science Center Poland, Czech Science Foundation.
Research projects and grants:
  • Russian Science Foundation 21-14-00158; 2021–2023. Magnetoreception in vertebrates. Done at the Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 18-04-00265; 2018-2020. Calibration of compass systems in migratory birds.
  • Russian Science Foundation 16-14-10159; 2016-2020. Magnetic compass mechanism in migrating birds. Was done at the Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 15-04-05386; 2015-2017. Impact of oscillating magnetic fields of different frequency on orientation behaviour in passerines.
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 15-34-50151; 2015. Role of magnetic declination in the navigation system of songbirds.
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 14-34-50046; 2014. Study of star compass in migrating birds.
  • Integrated interdisciplinary project of the Presidium of the St. Petersburg Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, 2013. Study of the physical mechanism of compass orientation of birds in the geomagnetic field.
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 12-04-00296-а; 2012-2014. Hierarchy and calibration of compass systems during orientation of migrating birds.
  • Russian Foundation for Basic Research 09-04-00208-а; 2009-2011. Mechanism of longitudinal navigation of migrating birds.
Selected Publications:
  • Bojarinova J., Kavokin K., Cherbunin R., Sannikov D., Fedorishcheva A., Pakhomov A., Chernetsov N. 2023. Sensitivity threshold of avian magnetic compass to oscillating magnetic field is species specific. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77: 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-022-03282-7
  • Dufour P., Åkesson S., Hellström M., Hewson C., Lagerveld S., Mitchell L., Chernetsov N., Schmaljohann H., Crochet P.-A. 2022. The Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) as a model to understand vagrancy and its potential for the evolution of new migratory routes. Movement Ecology 10: 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-022-00345-2
  • Rotov A.Y., Goriachenkov A.A., Cherbunin R.V., Firsov M.L., Chernetsov N., Astakhova L.A. 2022. Magnetoreceptory function of European Robin retina: Electrophysiological and morphological non-homogeneity. Cells 11: 3056. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11193056
  • Pakhomov A., Prokshina A., Cellarius F., Mouritsen H., Chernetsov N. 2022. Access to the sky near the horizon and stars does not play a crucial role in compass calibration of European songbird migrants. Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (16): jeb243631.https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.243631
  • Jetz W., Tertitski G., Kays R., Mueller U., Wikelski M., Åkesson S., Anisimov Y., Antonov A., Arnold W., Bairlein F., Baltà O., Baum D., Beck M., Belonovich O., Belyaev M., Berger M., Berthold P., Bittner S., Blake S., Block B., Bloche D., Boehning-Gaese K., Bohrer G., Bojarinova J., Bommas G., Bourski O., Bragin A., Bragin A., Bristol R., Brlík V., Bulyuk V., Cagnacci F., Carlson B., Chapple T.K., Chefira K.F., Cheng Y., Chernetsov N., Cierlik G., Christiansen S.S., Clarabuch O., Cochran W., Cornelius J.M., Couzin I., Crofoot M.C., Cruz S., Davydov A., Davidson S., Dech S., Dechmann D., Demidova E., Dettmann J., Dittmar S., Dorofeev D., Drenckhahn D., Dubyanskiy V., Egorov N., Ehnbom S., Ellis-Soto D., Ewald R., Feare C., Fefelov I., Fehérvári P., Fiedler W., Flack A., Froböse M., Fufachev I., Futoran P., Gabyshev V., Gagliardo A., Garthe S., Gashkov S., Gibson L., Goymann W., Gruppe G., Guglielmo C., Hartl P., Hedenström A., Hegemann A., Heine G., Hieber Ruiz M., Hofer H., Huber F., Hurme E., Iannarilli F., Illa M., Isaev A., Jakobsen B., Jenni L., Jenni-Eiermann S., Jesmer B., Jiguet F., Karimova T., Kasdin N.J., Kazansky F., Kirillin R., Klinner T., Knopp A., Kölzsch A., Kondratyev A., Krondorf M., Ktitorov P., Kulikova O., Kumar R.S., Künzer C., Larionov A., Larose C., Liechti F., Linek N., Lohr A., Lushchekina A., Mansfield K, Matantseva M., Markovets M., Marra P., Masello J.F., Melzheimer J., Menz M.H.M., Menzie S., Meshcheryagina S., Miquelle D., Morozov V., Mukhin A., Müller I., Mueller T., Navedo J.G., Nathan R., Nelson L., Németh Z., Newman S., Norris R., Nsengimana O., Okhlopkov I., Oleś W., Oliver R., O’Mara T., Palatitz P., Partecke J., Pavlick R., Pedenko A., Pham J., Piechowski D., Pierce A., Piersma T., Pitz W., Plettemeier D., Pokrovskaya I., Pokrovskaya L., Pokrovsky I., Pot M., Procházka P., Quillfeldt P., Rakhimberdiev E., Ramenofsky M., Ranipeta A., Rapczyński J., Remisiewicz M., Rienks F., Rozhnov V., Rutz C., Sakhvon V., Sapir N., Safi K., Schäuffelhut F., Schimel D., Schmidt A., Shamoun-Baranes J., Sharikov A., Shearer L., Shemyakin E., Sherub S., Shipley R., Sica Y., Smith T.B., Simonov S., Snell K., Sokolov A., Sokolov V., Solomina O., Spina F., Spoelstra K., Storhas M., Sviridova T., Swenson Jr G., Taylor P., Thorup K., Tsvey A., Tucker M., Turner W., Twizeyimana I., van der Jeugd H., van Schalkwyk L., van Toor M., Viljoen P., Visser M.E., Volkmer T., Volkov A., Volkov S., Volkow O., von Rönn J.A.C., Vorneweg B., Wachter B., Waldenström J., Weber N., Wegmann M., Wehr A., Weinzierl R., Weppler J., Wilcove D., Wild T., Williams H.J., Wilshire J., Wingfield J., Wunder M., Yachmennikova A., Yanco S., Yohannes E., Zeller A., Ziegler C., Zięcik A., Zook C. 2022. Biological earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 37 (4): 293–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.011
  • Brlík V., Pipek P., Brandis K., Chernetsov N., Costa F.J.V., L.G. Herrera M., Kiat Y., Lanctot R.B., Marra P.P., Norris D.R., Nwaogu C.J., Quillfeldt P., Saalfeld S.T., Stricker C.A., Thomson R.L., Zhao T., Procházka P. 2022. The reuse of avian samples: opportunities, pitfalls, and a solution. Ibis 164 (1): 343–349. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12997
  • Chernetsov N., Nikishena I., Zavarzina N., Kulbach O. 2021. Perception of static magnetic field by humans: a review. Biological Communications 66 (2): 171–178. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2021.208
  • Kishkinev D., Packmor F., Zechmeister T., Winkler H.-C., Chernetsov N., Mouritsen H., Holland R.A. 2021. Navigation by extrapolation of geomagnetic cues in a migratory songbird. Current Biology 31 (7): 1563–1569.e4.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.01.051
  • Zolotareva A., Utvenko G., Romanova N., Pakhomov A., Chernetsov N. 2021. Ontogeny of the star compass in birds: pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) can establish the star compass in spring. Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (3): jeb237875. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.237875
  • Astakhova L.A., Rotov A.Yu., Cherbunin R.V., Goriachenkov A.A., Kavokin K.V., Firsov M.L., Chernetsov N. 2020. Electroretinographic study of the magnetic compass in European robins. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287 (1940): 20202507. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2507
  • Pakhomov A., Chernetsov N. 2020. A hierarchy of compass systems in migratory birds. Biological Communications 65(3): 262–276. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2020.306
  • Bojarinova J., Kavokin K., Pakhomov A., Cherbunin R., Anashina A., Erokhina M., Ershova M., Chernetsov N. 2020. Magnetic compass of garden warblers is not affected by oscillating magnetic fields applied to their eyes. Scientific Reports 10: 3473. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60383-x
  • Rotov A.Yu., Cherbunin R.V., Anashina A., Kavokin K.V., Chernetsov N., Firsov M.L. 2020. Searching for magnetic compass mechanism in pigeon retinal photoreceptors. PLOS ONE 15 (3): e0229142. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229142
  • Astakhova L.A., Rotov A.Yu., Kavokin K.V., Chernetsov N.S., Firsov M.L. 2020. Relationship between avian magnetic compass and photoreception: hypotheses and unresolved questions. Biology Bulletin Reviews 10 (1): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079086420010028
  • Chernetsov N., Pakhomov A., Davydov A., Cellarius F., Mouritsen H. 2020. No evidence for the use of magnetic declination for migratory navigation in two songbird species. PLOS ONE 15 (4): e0232136. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232136
  • Pakhomov A., Anashina A., Heyers D., Kobylkov D., Mouritsen H., Chernetsov N. 2018. Magnetic map navigation in a migratory songbird requires trigeminal input. Scientific Reports 8: 11975. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30477-8
  • Rotov A.Yu., Cherbunin R.V., Kavokin K.V., Chernetsov N.S., Firsov M.L., Astakhova L.A. 2018. Magnetoreception in the retina of the domestic pigeon Columbia livia: a retinographic search. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology 54 (6): 498–501. https://doi.org/10.1134/S00220930180600121
  • Chernetsov N., Pakhomov A., Kobylkov D., Kishkinev D., Holland R.A., Mouritsen H. 2017. Migratory Eurasian reed warblers can use magnetic declination to solve the longitude problem. Current Biology 27 (17): 2647–2651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.024
  • Pakhomov A., Bojarinova J., Cherbunin R., Chetverikova R., Grigoryev P.S., Kavokin K., Kobylkov D., Lubkovskaja R., Chernetsov N. 2017. Very weak oscillating magnetic field disrupts the magnetic compass of songbird migrants. J. R. Soc. Interface 14: 20170364 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2017.0364
  • Komolkin A.V., Kupriyanov P., Chudin A., Bojarinova J., Kavokin K., Chernetsov N. 2017. Theoretically possible spatial accuracy of geomagnetic maps used by migrating animals. J. R. Soc. Interface 14: 20161002. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2016.1002
  • Pakhomov A., Anashina A., Chernetsov N. 2017. Further evidence of a time-independent stellar compass in a night-migrating songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71:48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2279-3
  • Ergen A.G., Chernetsov N., Lundberg M., Åkesson S., Bensch S. 2017. The use of molecular diagnostics to infer migration directions of Willow Warblers in the southeast Baltic. Journal of Ornithology 158:737-743. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-017-1434-y
  • Chernetsov N. 2017. Compass systems. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 203:747-753. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-016-1140-x
  • Kishkinev D., Chernetsov N., Pakhomov A., Heyers D., Mouritsen H. 2015. Eurasian reed warblers compensate for virtual magnetic displacement. Current Biology 25 (19): R822-R824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.012
  • Chernetsov N. 2015. Avian compass systems: do all migratory species possess all three? Journal of Avian Biology 46 (4): 342–343. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00593
  • Kishkinev D.A., Chernetsov N.S. 2015. Magnetoreception systems in birds: a review of current research. Biology Bulletin Reviews 5: 46-62. https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079086415010041
  • Kavokin K., Chernetsov N., Pakhomov A., Bojarinova J., Kobylkov D., Namozov B. 2014. Magnetic orientation of garden warblers (Sylvia borin) under 1.4 MHz radiofrequency magnetic field. J. R. Soc. Interface 11: 20140451. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0451
  • Pakhomov A., Chernetsov N. 2014. Early evening activity of migratory Garden Warbler Sylvia borin: compass calibration activity? Journal of Ornithology 155: 621-630. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-014-1044-x
  • Kishkinev D., Chernetsov N., Heyers D., Mouritsen H. 2013. Migratory reed warblers need intact trigeminal nerves to correct for a 1,000 km eastward displacement. PLoS ONE 8 (6): e65847. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065847
  • Mettler R., Schaefer H.M., Chernetsov N., Fiedler W., Hobson K.A., Ilieva M., Imhof E., Johnsen A., Renner S.C., Rolshausen G. Serrano D., Wesolowski T., Segelbacher T. 2013. Contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation among blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla) with divergent migratory orientations in Europe. PLoS ONE 8(11): e81365. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081365
  • Chernetsov N. 2012. Passerine migration: stopovers and flight. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 184 p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29020-6
  • Chernetsov N., Kishkinev D., Kosarev V., Bolshakov C.V. 2011. Not all songbirds calibrate their magnetic compass from twilight cues: a telemetry study. J. Exp. Biol. 214: 2540-2543. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.057729
  • Kishkinev D., Chernetsov N., Mouritsen H. 2010. A double-clock or jetlag mechanism is unlikely to be involved in detection of east-west displacements in a long-distance avian migrant. Auk 127: 773-780. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2010.10032
  • Chernetsov N. 2010. Recent experimental data on the energy costs of avian flight call for a revision of optimal migration theory. Auk 127: 232-234. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.09012
  • Chernetsov N., Sokolov L.V., Kosarev V. 2009. Local survival rates of Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca depend on their immigration status. Avian Ecology and Behaviour 16: 11-20.
  • Chernetsov N., Kishkinev D., Gashkov S., Kosarev V., Bolshakov C.V. 2008. Migratory programme of juvenile pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca, from Siberia implies a detour around Central Asia. Animal Behaviour 75: 539-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.019
  • Mukhin A., Chernetsov N., Kishkinev D. 2008. Acoustic information as a distant cue for habitat recognition by nocturnally migrating passerines during landfall. Behavioral Ecology 19: 716-723. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arn025
  • Chernetsov N., Kishkinev D., Mouritsen H. 2008. A long-distance avian migrant compensates for longitudinal displacement during spring migration. Current Biology 18: 188-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2008.01.018