Learning of magnetic compass directions in pigeons

Animal Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-451

  Wilzeck, Christiane ^a   Wiltschko, Wolfgang ^a   Güntürkün, Onur ^b   Buschmann, Jens Uwe ^c   Wiltschko, Roswitha ^a   Prior, Helmut ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c FBI Science GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homing; Magnetic compass; Operant learning; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; HABITUATION; LEARNING; MAGNETISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LEARNING; MAGNETICS;

EID: 77952830273     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-009-0294-0     Document Type: Article

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