Pigeon homing: The navigational map developed in adulthood is based on olfactory information

Ethology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Ioalè, Paolo ^a   Savini, Maria ^a   Gagliardo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; FLIGHT; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MAP; NAVIGATION; OLFACTORY CUE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 38049073788     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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