The role of visual landmarks in the avian familiar area map

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1773-1778

  Holland, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homing pigeon; Landmark; Navigation; Spatial memory; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 0038120934     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00365     Document Type: Review

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