A GPS logger and software for analysis of homing in pigeons and small mammals

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 589-596

  Steiner, Igor ^a   Bürgi, Clemens ^b,c   Werffeli, Stefan ^b,c   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^a   Valenti, Paolo ^d   Tröster, Gerhard ^b   Wolfer, David P ^a   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c U blox   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Data logger; Dog; GPS; Homing pigeon; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOG; FLIGHT; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034475078     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00409-1     Document Type: Article

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