Do bearing magnets affect the extent of deflection in clock-shifted homing pigeons?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 516-521

  Ioalè, Paolo ^a   Odetti, Francesca ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homing pigeons; Magnetic compass; Orientation; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTH; BIRD; DEFLECTION; GEOMAGNETISM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 33745686584     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0194-0     Document Type: Article

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