Avian Navigation: Pigeon Homing as a Paradigm

How migratory birds can navigate home from their wintering grounds to their breeding sites over hundreds and thousands of kilometres has been an admired mystery over more than a century. Profound advances towards a solution of this problem have been achieved with a model bird, the homing pigeon. Thi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wallraff, Hans G. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Subjects:
Psychobiology.
Human behavior.
Animal migration.
Behavioral Neuroscience.
Animal Migration.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Observation Data Used to Investigate Pigeon Homing
  • Basic Features of Pigeon Homing
  • Potential Input Signals Exploitable for Home-Finding
  • The Role of the Sun
  • The Role of the Geomagnetic Field
  • The Role of the Chemical Atmosphere
  • The Role of the Visual Landscape
  • The Neural Bases of Pigeon Homing
  • Homing in Other Birds
  • Research History: Blind Alleys and an Unexpected Passage
  • Overall Synthesis and Perspective.

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