Positional entropy during pigeon homing II: Navigational interpretation of Bayesian latent state models

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-38

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Navigation; Pigeon homing; Positional entropy

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FLIGHT; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 1142285287     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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