Head-bobbing and head orientation during landing flights of pigeons

Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 249-256

  Green, P R ^a   Davies, Mark N O ^b   Thorpe, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001744615     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00193791     Document Type: Article

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