Olfaction and the homing ability of pigeons in the southeastern United States

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 186-192

  Bingman, Verner P ^a   Benvenuti, Silvano ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODOR; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SMELLING DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; KINESIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLFACTION DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; SMELL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 0030588119     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961015)276:3<186::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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