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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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
2005.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
