Clock-shift experiments with homing pigeons: A compromise between solar and magnetic information?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 393-400

  Wiltschko, R ^a   Wiltschko, W ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clock shift; Internal clock; Magnetic compass; Pigeon homing; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

EID: 0035037765     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000313     Document Type: Article

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