Homeward orientation of pigeons confined in a circular arena

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-225

  Mazzotto, Monica ^a   Nacci, Laura ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homing; Navigation; Orientation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FLYING; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PIGEON; TECHNIQUE;

COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0032802990     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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