Landscape complexity influences routememory formation in navigating pigeons

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mann, Richard P ^a,b   Armstrong, Chris ^c   Meade, Jessica ^c,d   Freeman, Robin ^c,e   Biro, Dora ^c   Guilford, Tim ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Engineering Science ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Familiar area; Homing; Landmark; Navigation; Pigeon; Vision

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FAMILIARITY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITUATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LEARNING; MEMORY; SITE FIDELITY; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 84893846409     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0885     Document Type: Article

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