Tracking clock-shifted homing pigeons from familiar release sites

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Bonadona, Fransisco ^a   Holland, Richard ^b,d   Dall'Antonia, Luigi ^c   Guilford, Tim ^b   Benvenuti, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Columba livia; Navigation; Pigeon; Sun compass; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FLYING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COLUMBIDAE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0033974959     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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