Orientation behavior of homing pigeons at the Gernsheim anomaly

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 562-572

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic field; Homing pigeons; Magnetic anomaly; Navigation; Release site bias

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 0142091501     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0655-7     Document Type: Article

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