The roles of the sun and the landscape in pigeon homing.
It seems reasonable to assume that pigeons use visual features in the landscape for orientation when they are homing over familiar terrain. Experimental evidence to prove or disprove this possibility is, however, difficult to obtain. Here, we link the problem with the observation that deflections of...
Main Authors: | Wallraff, H, Chappell, J, Guilford, T |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
1999
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