Having the nerve to home: Trigeminal magnetoreceptor versus olfactory mediation of homing in pigeons

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2888-2892

  Gagliardo, A ^a   Ioale P ^a   Savini, M ^a   Wild, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Homing pigeon; Magnetic sense; Navigation; Olfactory guidance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DECISION MAKING; MAGNETISM; ODOR; OLFACTORY NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; EARTH (PLANET); HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAGNETICS; OLFACTORY NERVE; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA;

EID: 33748423516     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02313     Document Type: Article

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