How the viewing of familiar landscapes prior to release allows pigeons to home faster: evidence from GPS tracking.

Biro, D; Guilford, T; Dell'Omo, G; Lipp, HP

Abstract:

Providing homing pigeons with a 5 min preview of the landscape at familiar sites prior to release reliably improves the birds' subsequent homing speeds. This phenomenon has been taken to suggest that the visual panorama is involved in familiar-site recognition, yet the exact nature of the improvement has never been elucidated. We employed newly developed miniature Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking technology to investigate how access to visual cues prior to release affects pigeons' fli...

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APA Style

Biro, D., Guilford, T., Dell'Omo, G., & Lipp, H. P. (2002). How the viewing of familiar landscapes prior to release allows pigeons to home faster: evidence from GPS tracking. J Exp Biol, 205(Pt 24), 3833–3844.

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Biro, D., et al. “How the Viewing of Familiar Landscapes Prior to Release Allows Pigeons to Home Faster: Evidence from GPS Tracking.” J Exp Biol, vol. 205, no. Pt 24, 2002, pp. 3833–44.

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Biro, D, T Guilford, G Dell'Omo, and HP Lipp. 2002. “How the Viewing of Familiar Landscapes Prior to Release Allows Pigeons to Home Faster: Evidence from GPS Tracking.” J Exp Biol 205 (Pt 24): 3833–44.
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