From Compromise to Leadership in Pigeon Homing

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2123-2128

  Biro, Dora ^a   Sumpter, David J T ^a   Meade, Jessica ^a   Guilford, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DECISION MAKING; FLYING; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 33750619862     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.087     Document Type: Article

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