Simulating pigeon navigation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 813-826

  Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Nehmzow, Ulrich ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 15744376545     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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