Individual strategies and release site features determine the extent of deviation in clock-shifted pigeons at familiar sites

Animal Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-43

  Filannino, Caterina ^a   Armstrong, Chris ^b   Guilford, Tim ^b   Gagliardo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homing pigeons; Landmarks; Sun compass

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLUMBIDAE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84891624536     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0635-x     Document Type: Article

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