Pigeon orientation: Effects of the application of magnets under overcast skies

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 232-235

  Ioalè, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; ORIENTATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLYING; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION; WEATHER;

EID: 0034087923     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050710     Document Type: Article

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