Internal sense of direction and landmark use in pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-284

  Sutton, Jennifer E ^a,b   Shettleworth, Sara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONFLICT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INTUITION; LEARNING; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VISION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HOMING BEHAVIOR; INTUITION; ORIENTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 25644442333     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.3.273     Document Type: Article

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