Development of the navigational map in homing pigeons: Effects of flight experience on orientation performance

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1093-1099

  Odetti, Francesca ^a   Ioalè, Paolo ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Dipto Etologia Ecologia ed E   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; NAVIGATION; ORIENTATION; PASSERINE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 0346912998     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2293     Document Type: Article

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