Pigeon homing: Sun compass use in the southern hemisphere

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 297-300

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Haugh, Cordula ^b   Walker, Michael ^b   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clock shift; Pigeon homing; Southern hemisphere; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

NEW ZEALAND;

COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0031658202     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050494     Document Type: Article

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