The function of olfactory input in pigeon orientation: Does it provide navigational information or play another role?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-119

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Homing; Navigational information; Odour; Olfactory 'map'; Olfactory navigation; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000823376     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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