Avian Navigation : Pigeon Homing as a Paradigm
- المؤلف
- Hans G. Wallraff
- سنة النشر
- 2005
- الناشر
- Springer
- لغة الملف
- انكليزي
- نوع الملف
- Book
- تصنيف الكتاب
- Medical Science
- تحميل الكتاب قراءة الكتاب
This monograph summarizes our current knowledge about pigeon homing, about the birds' application of a sun compass and a magnetic compass, of a visual topographical map within a familiar area and -- most surprisingly -- of an olfactory map using atmospheric chemosignals as indicators of position in distant unfamiliar areas
الكلمات المفتاحية: Biomedical and life sciences / Heimkehrvermögen, Vögel / Orientierung, Vögel / Tauben / Vogelnavigation / Atmosphere / Bird / Bird navigation / Breeding / Homing / Magnetic field / Orientation, birds / Pigeons / Sun / Synthesis
