Positional entropy during pigeon homing I: Application of Bayesian latent state modelling

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-50

  Roberts, Stephen ^a,b   Guilford, Tim ^a   Rezek, Iead ^a   Biro, Dora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Engineering Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Bird navigation; Entropy; Hidden Markov model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FLIGHT; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 1142285282     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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