The importance of atmospheric odours for the homing performance of pigeons in the Sonoran desert of the Southwestern United States

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 755-760

  Bingman, V P ^a   Alyan, S ^b   Benvenuti, S ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Columba livia; Navigational map; Olfaction; Olfactory map; Pigeon; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031920960     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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