Further evidence for visual landmark involvement in the pigeon's familiar area map

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1203-1209

  Burt, Theresa ^a   Holland, Richard ^a   Guilford, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; GALLIFORMES;

HOMING BEHAVIOUR; ORIENTATION; PIGEON; VISUAL LANDMARK;

EID: 0031150182     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0389     Document Type: Article

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