The roles of innate information, learning rules and plasticity in migratory bird orientation

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-9

  Able, Kenneth P ^a   Able, Mary A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal navigation; Birds; Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009624938     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463397007510     Document Type: Article

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