What strategies do homing pigeons use during ontogeny?

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-122

  Jorge, P ^a   Vicente, L ^a   Wiltschko, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homing pigeons; Loft features; Navigational strategies; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 29144469226     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906775133579     Document Type: Article

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