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. 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. TOC:Introduction.- 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.- Appendix: Notes on selected particulars.- References.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
- ISBN
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9783540223856
3540223851
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24 cm
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XII, 229 S.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Anmerkungen
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graph. Darst., Kt.
Literaturverz. S. 205 - 224
- Klassifikation
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Tiere
- Schlagwort
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Brieftaube
Orientierungsverhalten
Heimkehrfähigkeit
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
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Springer
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2005
- Urheber
- Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Beteiligte
- Wallraff, Hans Georg
- Springer
Entstanden
- 2005
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