Homing pigeons (Columba livia) have been the central model of avian navigation research for many decades, but only more recently has research extended into understanding their mechanisms of orientation in the familiar area. The discovery (facilitated by GPS tracking) that pigeons gradually acquire with experience individually idiosyncratic routes home to which they remain faithful on repeated releases, even if displaced off-route, has helped uncover the fundamental role of familiar visual landmarks in the avian familiar area map. We evaluate the robustness and generality of the route-following phenomenon by examining extant studies in depth, including the single published counter-example, providing a detailed comparison of route efficienci...
The question of whether homing pigeons use visual landmarks for orientation from distant, familiar s...
Tracks of pigeons homing to the Frankfurt loft revealed an odd phenomenon: whereas birds returning f...
AbstractBackground: Anecdotal observations and early airplane and helicopter tracking studies sugges...
The mechanisms used by homing pigeons (Columba livia) to navigate homeward from distant sites have b...
The mechanisms used by homing pigeons (Columba livia) to navigate homeward from distant sites have b...
While homing pigeons are known to use familiar visual landmarks to recognize release sites, it is le...
The nature of the orientation mechanisms employed in the homing pigeon's familiar area are less well...
Recent research into the navigational strategies of homing pigeons (Columba livia) inthe familiar ar...
How do birds orient over familiar terrain? In the best studied avian species, the homing pigeon (Col...
Anosmic birds' homing ability is impaired when challenged to navigate over unfamiliar areas. Neverth...
Anosmic birds' homing ability is impaired when challenged to navigate over unfamiliar areas. Neverth...
Considerable efforts have been made to investigate how homing pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica) a...
We utilised precision Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking to examine the homing paths of pigeon...
Observations of the flight paths of pigeons navigating from familiar locations have shown that these...
When homing from familiar areas, homing pigeons are able to exploit previously acquired topographica...
The question of whether homing pigeons use visual landmarks for orientation from distant, familiar s...
Tracks of pigeons homing to the Frankfurt loft revealed an odd phenomenon: whereas birds returning f...
AbstractBackground: Anecdotal observations and early airplane and helicopter tracking studies sugges...
The mechanisms used by homing pigeons (Columba livia) to navigate homeward from distant sites have b...
The mechanisms used by homing pigeons (Columba livia) to navigate homeward from distant sites have b...
While homing pigeons are known to use familiar visual landmarks to recognize release sites, it is le...
The nature of the orientation mechanisms employed in the homing pigeon's familiar area are less well...
Recent research into the navigational strategies of homing pigeons (Columba livia) inthe familiar ar...
How do birds orient over familiar terrain? In the best studied avian species, the homing pigeon (Col...
Anosmic birds' homing ability is impaired when challenged to navigate over unfamiliar areas. Neverth...
Anosmic birds' homing ability is impaired when challenged to navigate over unfamiliar areas. Neverth...
Considerable efforts have been made to investigate how homing pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica) a...
We utilised precision Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking to examine the homing paths of pigeon...
Observations of the flight paths of pigeons navigating from familiar locations have shown that these...
When homing from familiar areas, homing pigeons are able to exploit previously acquired topographica...
The question of whether homing pigeons use visual landmarks for orientation from distant, familiar s...
Tracks of pigeons homing to the Frankfurt loft revealed an odd phenomenon: whereas birds returning f...
AbstractBackground: Anecdotal observations and early airplane and helicopter tracking studies sugges...