Mechanisms of visually mediated site recognition by the homing pigeon

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-122

  Biro, Dora ^a   Guilford, Tim ^a   Dawkins, Marian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0037263435     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.2014     Document Type: Article

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