Pigeons homing: Some experiments for testing the olfactory hypothesis |
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| Authors: | V Fiaschi G Wagner |
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| Institution: | (1) Istituto di Biologia generale dell'Università, Via A. Volta 6, I-56100 Pisa, (Italy);(2) Realgymnasium der Stadt Bern, CH-3012 Bern-Neufeld, (Switzerland) |
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| Abstract: | Summary Homing experiments on Swiss pigeons show that the birds use olfactory cues for navigational purposes and that outward journey detours influence their initial orientation.This work was supported by the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research. |
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