Activational effects of odours on avian navigation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1678, 2010, Pages 45-49

  Jorge, Paulo E ^a,b   Marques, Paulo A M ^b   Phillips, John B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Homing pigeons; Navigational map; Olfactory activation; Olfactory navigation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ODOR; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 73949086068     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1521     Document Type: Article

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