A change in the electrical conductivity, sigma, is observed in the manganes
e perovskite La1 - xCaxMnO3, with x = 0 and 0.3 under saturation of the mag
netic resonance transitions of Mn ions. This effect has a maximum in the te
mperature range of the magnetic phase transition of the compounds. Two cont
ributions to the change in sigma are found. The first, dominating in LaMnO3
, is an increase in sigma caused by heating of the sample under magnetic re
sonance. The second is a sigma decrease due to reorientation of the Mn spin
s, observed in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3. (C) 2001 MAIK "Nauka/Interperiodica".