Re-orienting in space: Do animals use global or local geometry strategies?

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-375

  Kelly, Debbie M ^a   Chiandetti, Cinzia ^b,c   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domestic chick; Geometric encoding; Orientation; Racing pigeon

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOMETRY; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHICKENS; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

EID: 80051684279     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1024     Document Type: Article

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