Involvement of the sun and the magnetic compass of domestic fowl in its spatial orientation

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 116, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Zimmerman, Patrick H ^a   Pope, Stuart J ^a   Guilford, Tim ^b   Nicol, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken; Domestic fowl; Magnetic compass; Navigational ability; Orientation; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; HABITUATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; POULTRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOLAR SYSTEM; VISUAL CUE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 57749103923     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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