Relevance of visual cues for orientation at familiar sites by homing pigeons: An experiment in a circular arena

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1480, 2001, Pages 2065-2070

  Gagliardo, A ^a   Odetti, F ^a   Ioale P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homing; Olfaction; Pigeon; Visual landmarks

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY CUE; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0035823777     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1746     Document Type: Article

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