Point of decision: When do pigeons decide to head home?

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-258

  Schiffner, Ingo ^a   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. livia f. domestica; Flight tracks; GPS recorder; Homing pigeons; Steadiness of flight

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; GPS; HOMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GERMANY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 58249110393     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0476-7     Document Type: Article

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