The ontogeny of the homing pigeon navigational map: Evidence for a sensitive learning period

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1463, 2001, Pages 197-202

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homing; Imprinting; Navigational map; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION; ONTOGENY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ONTOGENY; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCREENING;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 0035931311     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1350     Document Type: Article

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