Homing experiments on pigeons subjected to bilateral destruction of the paratympanic organ

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2035-2039

  Giannessi, F ^a   Fattori, B ^a   Ruffoli, R ^a   Gagliardo, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Ctro Stud Faunistica Ecologia T   (Italy)

Author keywords

Columba livia; homing; lesion; paratympanic organ; pigeon

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029827791     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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