Avian Navigation : Pigeon Homing as a Paradigm
- Author
- Hans G. Wallraff
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Medical Science
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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
Keywords: Biomedical and life sciences / Heimkehrvermögen, Vögel / Orientierung, Vögel / Tauben / Vogelnavigation / Atmosphere / Bird / Bird navigation / Breeding / Homing / Magnetic field / Orientation, birds / Pigeons / Sun / Synthesis
