Flock flying improves pigeons' homing: GPS track analysis of individual flyers versus small groups

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1165-1172

  Dell'Ariccia, Gaia ^a   Dell'Omo, Giacomo ^a   Wolfer, David P ^a,b   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Columba livia; GPS tracking; group flight; homing pigeon; landmark; leadership; many wrongs principle; navigation; road following; social cohesion

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GPS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; NAVIGATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 51649101512     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.05.022     Document Type: Article

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