Avian Navigation: Pigeon Homing as a Paradigm
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9783540223856
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. 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.
| Autor: | Wallraff, Hans G. |
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| EAN: | 9783540223856 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 229 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Springer, Berlin Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Schlagworte: | Vogelzug / Zugvögel |
| Größe: | 22 × 165 × 235 |
| Gewicht: | 544 g |
