Pigeons combine compass and landmark guidance in familiar route navigation.
How do birds orient over familiar terrain? In the best studied avian species, the homing pigeon (Columba livia), two apparently independent primary mechanisms are currently debated: either memorized visual landmarks provide homeward guidance directly, or birds rely on a compass to home from familiar...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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