Evidence that pigeons orient to geomagnetic intensity during homing

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1614, 2007, Pages 1153-1158

  Dennis, Todd E ^a   Rayner, Matt J ^a   Walker, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Global positioning device; Homing pigeon; Orientation behaviour

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GPS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PERTURBATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACKING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DEVICE; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 34447345924     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.3768     Document Type: Article

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